Collab:Southern Islands

This page provides guidelines for editing in the Southern Islands in the extreme south of the world, which have been established as an area for OGF users who want to map Antarctic features. The name "Southern Islands" is intended to be temporary and should be changed when a discussion on the talk page yields a consensus to do so.

Mapping guidelines

These islands are a collaborative territory with no owner. For users whose accounts are older than 7 days, no permission is needed to edit. To avoid overdevelopment and protect the unique nature of this place, however, all mappers are asked to respect the following guidelines:

No mapping that you wouldn't see in Antarctica. For example, no trees/forests, no roads bigger than "highway=track," no permanent populations, no resource extraction, no ancient history, etc. Rare exceptions may be possible with community consensus, but nothing should be approved that would seem unrealistic or significantly alter the character of the islands. If you find inappropriate content, feel free to delete it.
No ownership of any land. No land belongs to any country or any other entity, and the islands should have no administrative divisions of any kind. Like Antarctica on OpenStreetMap, these islands have no international border surrounding them, although there is a 'nature reserve' maritime boundary.
No more than one outpost per country. In fact, smaller countries should consider sharing a single outpost, as they sometimes do in real life Antarctica. No independent outposts unaffiliated with a country, unless there is consensus for them.
No outpost should be larger than 1 km². Most of them should probably be much smaller — sizes should be proportionate to the resources and distance of the affiliated country. Look at real Antarctic bases for guidelines.

About the islands

Location

This island chain is about 1800 km in length and located south of the Antarctic Circle, between 67° and 72° south latitude. Lacking the warm currents found elsewhere in the southern hemisphere, it is locked in sea ice during the winter months, but experiences some open (icy) seas during the summer months. The permanent ice mass of Glacies Australis is sometimes connected to the islands and sometimes disconnected. The islands have been used as a base for expeditions onto the ice mass.

Home to no permanent population and not considered part of any country, these islands are administered by the Assembly of Nations Environmental Research and Protection Organisation under the terms of the Treaty of the Far South. The nearest continent is Antarephia, about 1,000 km to the northeast (Ariskania).

Existing research stations

A table to keep track of existing research stations. Based on this list.

Overpass query

Type: Permanent or Summer

Administered by: Usually research institutions

Status: Either active or abandoned or closed


Station name	Type	Country	Administered by	Location	Status & Activities	Summer population	Winter population	Mapped by
Amberean Outpost	Permanent	Rhododactylia		TBC Island Location	Active			forkymapper
Aorangëan Polar Base	Permanent	Aorangëa		Location	Active			Toadwart
Australis Base	Permanent	Kofuku	Kofuken Institute of Glaciology	TBN Island Location	Active	63	28
Beleta Island Base	Summer	Gobrassanya	Arksbury University (College of Glaciology)	Beleta Island Location	Abandoned	0	0	xioma_sg
Emperor Chenghong Base	Permanent	Bai Empire Kanglapo Huaxia	Bai Polar Research Institute (other polar institutes)	McManaman Island Location	Active	190	27	zhenkang 快乐的老鼠宝宝
International Assembly Base	Permanent	Assembly of Nations (other countries)	Environmental Research and Protection Organisation	TBC Island Location	Active			Easky30
Joseph Altheimer Station	Permanent	Mergania (access for EURA members)	Joseph Altheimer Institute for Polar and Marine Research EURA Polar Campaign	TBD Island, Location close to Karl Bellinghoff lake	Active			mstr
McManaman Base	Permanent	Association of South Ulethan Nations		McManaman Island Location	Active			Bixelkoven
Moore Research Centre	Summer			TBC Island Location	Active	21	0	Turnsole80
Neo Delta Research Station	Permanent	Neo Delta		TBC Island Location	Active			deltanz
Tranquility Base	Permanent	Federal States		TBC Island Location	Active			Brunanter