ICES Statistical Rectangles and Areas

What is it:

International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) standardise the division of sea areas for statistical analysis. Each ICES statistical rectangle is '30 min latitude by 1 degree longitude' in size which is approximately 30 nautical miles by 30 nautical miles*. A number of rectangles are amalgamated to create ICES areas.

*Because the Earth is a spheroid shape, the area of an ICES rectangle will vary by latitude. In Scottish waters, the average area of a rectangle is 940 nautical miles square, but varies between 801 and 1056 nautical miles square.

Links to Scotland's Marine Atlas:

Chapter 1: Introduction

Data originators:

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)

This information page is part of the theme:

Administrative

Ices Statistical Rectangles Copyright Marine Scotland

More Information:

ICES has a well established Marine Data Centre, which manages a number of large dataset collections related to the marine environment. The datasets are organised so that it is easy to find what you are after, whether you are interested in a particular geographic area, an effect on the environment or a group of species.

This page was last modified on :

Tuesday, December 6, 2022 - 12:26

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Type	Link Title	External Link
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