EMODnet Human Activities, Worldwide wrecks locations (UK Hydrographic Office)

The dataset is a subset of the UK Hydrographic Office wrecks and obstructions data set. It contains over 67,000 charted, uncharted, live and dead wrecks from around the world. Where available each point has the following attributes: Wreck Id, Wreck category, Status, Position, Latitude, Longitude, Horizontal datum, Position method, Depth, Depth method, Depth quality, Depth accuracy, Water depth, Water level, Vertical datum, Name, Type, Flag, Length, Width, Draught, Sonar length, Sonar width, Shadow height, Orientation, Tonnage, Tonnage type, Cargo, Conspic visual, Conspic radar, Date sunk, Bottom texture, Scour dimensions, Debris field, Original sensor, Last sensor, Original detection, Last detection, Origin, Markers, Circumstances of loss, Surveying details, General comments, Last amended. The original dataset is updated on a quarterly basis and is made available free of charge under an Open Government Licence, which can be accessed here: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Date (Creation): 2024-12-26

Citation identifier: Emodnet_HA_Heritage_WW_Wrecks_20241226

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
AND-International		severine.renault@and-international.com safa.souidi@and-international.com	Author
UK Hydrographic Office			Resource provider

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Protected sites

INSPIRE - Feature Concept Dictionary, version 3

Protected Site

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1

culture (society)

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1

wreck

GEMET - Themes, version 4.2.1

waste

GEMET - Groups, version 4.2.1

WASTES, POLLUTANTS, POLLUTION

Use limitation: No special restrictions or limitations on using the item's content have been provided.

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Spatial representation type: Vector

Denominator: 100000

Language: English

Topic category

Oceans

Distribution format

Name	Version
unknown	unknown

Transfer size: 0

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	http://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/human-activities	EMODnet Human Activities
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download	https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/108ef240-fa6e-4b83-8569-09b509e2959d/attachments/EMODnet_HA_Heritage_WW_Wrecks_20241226.zip	EMODnet_HA_Heritage_WW_Wrecks_20241226.zip
OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map	https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms	wwshipwrecks
OGC:WFS	https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs	emodnet:wwshipwrecks

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Date: 2020-12-23

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Statement: Depending on the source of information, the amount of information available on a specific wreck varies. More specific information on the metadata and quality of data can be found on the sources website.