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Geographic data layers inventory

An inventory of geographic information relative to the marine environment available at MUMM has been elaborated and is regularly updated. These geographic layers have been included as a background map in the Spatial Tool Viewer. A description of the layer content is also available, and some layers – together with meta-information - can be directly downloaded in the ESRI format in the form of a zip file. The layers are given in decimal degrees, Geographic Coordinate System - European datum 1950. In case of public use of one of these layers, the data originator should be appropriately acknowledged.

DATA THEME LAYERS
	Description	Source*	Extent	Updated
Belgian Limits	Limit of the Belgian territory	RUG, IN¹	Belgium
Baseline Belgium	Official Belgian baseline	Vlaamse Hydrografie	Belgian Maritime Area
Bathymetry-Vlaamse banken	Vlaamse Banken bathymetry - from the D11 map	D117	Vlaamse Banken
Bathymetry	Isobaths of 0m, -2m, -5m, -10m, -20m, -30m, -40m, -50m, -60m, -70m, and -80 m	RUG, IN¹	Central North Sea
Bathymetry	Isobaths calculated from soundings	MUMM³	Belgian Maritime Area
Marine areas under Belgian jurisdiction	Borders of the territorial sea and of the continental shelf	MB/BS⁵	Belgian Maritime Area
Coastline	Coastlines of Belgium, the Netherlands, part of UK and part of France	RUG, IN¹	Central North Sea
Coastline_Belgium	Official Belgian coastline	AWZ⁸	Belgian Maritime Area
Coastline_Belgium	Coastline derived from the D11 map	MUMM³	Belgian Maritime Area
Coastline_europe	Coastline derived from country limits	ESRI²	Europe
Coastline_world	Coastline derived from country limits	ESRI²	World
Cities	Coastal cities from European countries (adjacent to central North Sea)	RUG, IN¹	Central North Sea
Cities_europe	Principal european cities	ESRI²	Europe
Countries	Country limits	ESRI²	Europe
Anchorage area	Westhinder Area devoted to anchorage (from ''Med. Ministerie van Verkeer en Infrastructuur-Bestuur van de Maritieme Zaken en van de Scheepvaart dd. 06/02/97'').	MUMM³	Belgian Maritime Area
Sand and gravel extraction areas	Official sand and gravel extraction areas, defined by Royal Decree (01/09/2004) and Ministerial Decree (24/12/2010)	MB/BS⁵, MUMM³	Belgian maritime area	2011-03-24
Dutch sand extraction area - Vak R9A	Former Dutch sand extraction area transferred to Belgium as part of the International Act of 18 December 1996	BGS⁴	Belgian maritime area
Dutch sand extraction area - Vak S7F	Former Dutch sand extraction area transferred to Belgium as part of the International Act of 18 December 1996	BGS⁴	Belgian maritime area
Dutch sand extraction area - Vak S7A	Former Dutch sand extraction area transferred to Belgium as part of the International Act of 18 December 1996	BGS⁴	Belgian maritime area
Main navigation routes	Main navigation routes and traffic separation zones (from ''Med. Ministerie van Verkeer en Infrastructuur-Bestuur van de Maritieme Zaken en van de Scheepvaart dd. 06/02/97'').	MUMM³, BGS⁴	Belgian maritime area
Military exercise areas	Shooting area Navy, Lombardsijde (3 sectors), Munitions destruction area, NB1 (Westhinder), NB10 (Wenduinebank)	MB/BS⁵, MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Munition disposal zone (Paardenmarkt)	Former dumping site for war muntions	MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
12 nmiles limit	Official 12 nmiles limit	Vlaamse Hydrografie	Belgian maritime area
Windmill park C-Power	Area devoted to windmill project Thornton - C-Power	MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Export Cables C-Power	Export Cables C-Power	MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Export Cables Eldepasco	Export Cables Eldepasco	MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Windmill park Eldepasco	Area devoted to windmill project Eldepasco	MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Windmill park Belwind	Area devoted to windmill project Belwind	MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Windmill park Norther	Area devoted to windmill project Norther	MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Windmill park Rentel	Area devoted to windmill project Rentel	MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Windmill park Seastar	Area devoted to windmill project Seastar	MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Export Cables Belwind	Export Cables Belwind	MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Belgian windmills zone	Area devoted to windmill projects	MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Built wind turbines Belwind	Coordinates of wind turbines currently built in windmill concession area Belwind Phase 1	MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Installed windturbines C-POWER	Status of wind turbines built in windmill concession area C-POWER (phase 1)	MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Dredging area	Zones of dredging activities (mainly maintenance dredging)	MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Dumping sites	Br & W Zebrugge Oostende; Br & W Oostende (previous and new); Br & W S1; Br & W S2; Br & W S3; B r& W R4	MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
"Interconnector" gas pipeline	Gas pipeline going from the port of Zeebrugge to Bacton on the South coast of England (October 1998)	RUG, IN¹	Belgian maritime area
"Norfra" gas pipeline	Gas pipeline going from the port of Dunkerke in France to the Draupner E platform on the Norwegian continental shelf (1998)	RUG, IN¹	Belgian maritime area
"Zeepipe" gas pipeline	Gas pipeline joining a pipeline from the Sleipner area on the Norwegian continental shelf with the Distrigaz terminal in the port of Zeebrugge (October 1993)	RUG, IN¹	Belgian maritime area
Communication cables	Telecommuncation cables: divided into "used/active, disused" categories	BGS⁴	Belgian maritime area
Catchment areas	Catchment area (about 850 000 km²) of the river systems that discharge into the Greater North Sea (Region II as defined by OSPAR)	OSPAR⁶	Europe (Region II - Greater North Sea)
Rivers	European rivers, splitted into major and minor rivers	ESRI²	Europe
Ramsar zone	Within the Natura 2000 zone (SAC), sandbanks shallower than 6 meters depth	RUG, IN¹	Belgian maritime area
Natura 2000 zone	Special Area of Conservation (SAC) defined in the scope of the HABITAT directive	RUG, IN¹	Belgian maritime area
Special Protection Areas	The objectives of the SPA's is the protection and the conservation of biotopes and habitats of protected bird species	MB/BS⁵, MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Special Areas of Conservation	The aim of the Special Areas of Conservation is to maintain the natural habitats in a favourable state of conservation	MB/BS⁵, MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Managed marine reserve	Managed Marine Reserve for the conservation and protection of the marine ecosystem, biotopes and protected birds habitats, defined by Royal Decree (05/03/2006)	MB/BS⁵, MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Sand banks	Arbitrary contour of the major sandbanks	MUMM³	Belgian maritime area
Zones closed for sand and gravel extraction	Zones closed for sand and gravel extraction	MUMM³	Belgian Maritime area	2011-03-24
* Sources: 1. RUG, IN: Limited Atlas of the Belgian Part of the North Sea (Maes et al., 2000) 2. ESRI, 2000 3. MUMM, Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models 4. Belgian Geologic Service, 2000 5. Official Journal of Belgian jurisdiction 6. OSPAR Commission 2000, Quality Status Report 2000 7. Belgian map, D11 and INT. 1474 8. AWZ, Administratie Waterwegen en Zeewezen 2006

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