Resource type Dataset
Topic category Oceans
Reference date 2025·04·11
Citation
© JNCC. Copyright and database right 2025. Contains data derived from the DEFRA Marine DEM (one arc second) © British Crown Copyright, 2025. All rights reserved. Permission Number: Defra012017.002. This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the UK Hydrographic Office with the permission of the UK Hydrographic Office, The Keeper of Public Records. NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.
Lineage
Updated 11/04/2025 - UKSeaMap Predictive Map 2025.1. This version replaces the UKSeaMap 2018 Version 2. This is a complete remake of UKSeaMap, which uses a new seabed substrate layer produced by the British Geological Survey. This work was funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) as part of the marine arm of the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) programme: NC42: mNCEA for GES.
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Updated 2018/12/17 – UKSeaMap 2018 Version 2 replaces UKSeaMap2018 released in October 2018 and UKSeaMap2016 – The following updates were made:
1) Correction of the correlation table: in previous versions the deep sea “sandy mud to muddy sand” has been equated to EUNIS muddy sand and called "A6.4 deep sea muddy sand", instead of "A6.5 deep sea mud" (see also ChangeDec18 attribute);
2) Translation into JNCCv15 Habitats;
3) Reclassification of substrate in "A6.4 or A6.5 polygons" (FOLK Muddy sands) based on UKSeaMap 2010 and BGS PSA data;
4) Addition of EUNIS Level 3 habitats attribute (EL3_LON18)
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Updated 2018/10/12: UKSeaMap 2018 replaces UKSeaMap2016. Substrate updated in most of UKShelf as a result of the publication of "Prediction of outcrops or subcrops of rock in UK shelf seabed" doi:10.25603/840424.1.0.0
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Updated 2017/10/16: MSFD predominant habitats reclassified as MSFD Benthic Broad Habitat Types (as defined in Commission Decision May 2017). Composite data product, created by merging the UK 3-arc-second case study and EUSeaMap 2016 outputs of EMODnet Seabed Habitats phase 2. The UK 3-arc-second dataset was erased (in ArcGIS) from EUSeaMap 2016, to create a single full-coverage and flat dataset, before clipping to the UK continental shelf.
Responsible organisation
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC
custodian
data@jncc.gov.uk
Limitations on public access None
Use constraints Available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Attribution statement: "JNCC data © copyright and database right 2025" "Contains data derived from the DEFRA Marine DEM (one arc second) © British Crown Copyright, 2025. All rights reserved. Permission Number: Defra012017.002". This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the UK Hydrographic Office with the permission of the UK Hydrographic Office, The Keeper of Public Records. NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.
Metadata date 2025·04·14
Metadata point of contact
Digital and Data Solutions, JNCC
data@jncc.gov.uk
Temporal extent 2025·04·10 2025·04·10
Spatial extent | |
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North | 63.887 |
South | 47.4354 |
East | 3.3986 |
West | -25.1344 |