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Apolima Island


LIU Chuang1DAI Xiaoliang1,2ZHU Yunqiang1SHI Ruixiang1
1 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China

DOI:10.3974/geodb.2024.10.09.V1

Published:Oct. 2024

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Key Words:

Apolima Island,Samoa,Apolima Strait,Pacific Ocean,data encyclopedia

Abstract:

Apolima Island is an island in Samoa, 7.64 km southeast of Savai Island. It is located at the Apolima Strait between the Savai Island and the Upolu Island. Its geo-location is between 172°9'22"W and 172°8'45"W, 13°49'45"S and 13°49'5"S. The data developed based on Google Earth 2015 imagery and related maps shows that the Apolima Island has area of 0.98 km² and coastline of 4.29 km. The dataset is archived in .kmz and .shp data formats, and consists of 17 data files with data size of 81.9 KB (Compressed into 2 files with 34.7 KB).

Foundation Item:

Ministry of Science and Technology of P. R. China (2021YFE0117300)

Data Citation:

LIU Chuang, DAI Xiaoliang, ZHU Yunqiang, SHI Ruixiang. Apolima Island[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2024. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2024.10.09.V1.

References:


     [1] Liu, C., Shi, R. X., Zhang, Y. H., et al. Global multiple scale shorelines dataset based on Google Earth images (2015) [J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2019. DOI: 10.3974/geodb.2019.04.13.V1.
     [2] Liu, C., Shi, R. X., Zhang, Y. H., et al. 2015: How many islands (isles, rocks), how large land areas, and how long of shorelines in the world? —Vector data based on Google Earth images [J]. Journal of Global Change Data & Discovery, 2019, 3(2): 124-148. DOI: 10.3974/geodp.2019.02.03.
     [3] Planet Map Press. World National Atlas [M]. Version 2. Beijing: Planet Map Press, 2004.
     [4] Samoa: Overview [OL]. http://cs.mfa.gov.cn/zggmcg/ljmdd/dyz_658636/smy_659816/.
     [5] Samoa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa.
     [6] Outline of Samoa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_Samoa.
     [7] Samoa Islands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoan_Islands#Samoa.
     [8] Apolima. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apolima

Data Product:

ID Data Name Data Size Operation
1 ApolimaIslandshp.rar 23.55KB
2 Apolima_Island.kmz 11.20KB
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