Scuba dive sites around the Turks and Caicos Islands

The dataset comprises locations for scuba dive sites around the Turks and Caicos Islands (in Grand Turk, Salt Cay, French Cay, Pine Cay, Providenciales, West Caicos and South Caicos). These sites are used by tourist scuba divers and researchers.

The data can be visualised at: https://webgis.gov.tc

Data and Resources

Additional Info

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Last Updated December 13, 2022, 10:38 (UTC)
Created October 29, 2020, 20:11 (UTC)
Region TC
Language eng
Topic Category Environment; environmental resources, protection and conservation
Temporal Extent Start 2010-01-01
Temporal Extent End 2021-06-30
Dataset Reference Date 2021
Lineage The locations has been collected in the field and delivered in a form of an excel file. The Lat/Lon coordinates represent an area in which dive site is located. Dive sites vary in size.
West Longitude -72.482
South Latitude 20.987
East Longitude -71.914
North Latitude 21.909
Spatial Reference System WGS84
Responsible Organisation Name 1) Department of Environment and Coastal Resources, 2) Turks and Caicos Reef Fund
Contact Mail Address 1) environment@gov.tc, 2) info@tcreef.org
Responsible Party Role 1) custodian, distributor, point of contact, processor
Access Limitations Restricted, send data request to data custodian
Use Constraints Restricted
Data Format shape, excel, csv
Update Frequency continual
Accuracy 1m
Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date 2021-06-30
Metadata Point of Contact mgorny@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent Contact details published