Surveys on Macquarie Island for the Australian Antarctic Division, September to November 1997

A number of science programs required survey assistance on Macquarie Island. Four major tasks were to be performed during the period of 13 September to 24 November 1997.

These, in order of priority were 1 ASAC Project 2277: Track monitoring and assessment - location of tracks and monitoring of vegetation type and degradation in conjunction with Judith Urquhart 2 ASAC Project 1015: Location of botanical transects on four mountains for Craig Tweedie 3 Location of points of interest for Clive Crossley 4 Second order levelling between the Garden Cove Tide Gauges and the AFN site AUS211 Three other tasks were also undertaken in spare time whilst on the island 1 Location of Geological sites for Garry Davidson 2 Location of Royal Penguin Rookery boundaries at Sandy Bay and Bauer Bay for Mark Hindell 3 Location and heights of the named mountain tops on the island for AUSLIG Information about the survey and data are provided in two reports: N. Adams, 'Survey Report for Macquarie Island, September to November 1997' and M. King, R. Coleman and P. Standen, 'GPS data processing, Macquarie Island, September to November 1997'.