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Location map of South Shetland Islands
name South Shetland Islands
border
coordinates
-60.9
-63 ←↕→ -53.8
-63.5
map center 62°12′S 58°24′W / 62.2°S 58.4°W / -62.2; -58.4
image South Shetland Islands location map.svg


Module:Location map/data/South Shetland Islands is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of South Shetland Islands. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.

Usage

These definitions are used by the following templates when invoked with parameter "South Shetland Islands":

Map definition

  • name = South Shetland Islands
    Name used in the default map caption
  • bottom = -63.5
    Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • left = -63
    Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees
  • right = -53.8
    Longitude at right edge of map, in decimal degrees

Precision

Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 9.2 degrees.

  • At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.046 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0092 degrees per pixel.

Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 2.6 degrees.

  • At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.013 degrees per pixel.
  • At an image height of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0026 degrees per pixel.


See also

Location map templates

Creating new map definitions