Land Use Data for Latitude 73.75 Longitude -56.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Map

Apparsuit (Kap Shackleton) and Kippaku

Ecosystems

Polar

Growing Period (days)

1 to 29
30 to 59

Soil Types

Glaciers

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

5 to 8
8 to 16
16 to 30

Population Density (persons per km²)

Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.

Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.