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Chemical weapons dumpsites in the Baltic Sea

Areas that were formerly chosed and designated for dumping munitions at sea. The dataset was made based on information compiled by the HELCOM ad hoc Expert Group to Update and Review the Existing Information on Dumped Chemical Munitions in the Baltic Sea (HELCOM MUNI).


The areas displayed indicate areas formerly chosen and designated for dumping munitions at sea, e.g, by instructing the ships' captains to dump in sight of a landmark or moored buoy. In addition the dataset contains information about a suspected dumpsite in the Gdansk deep.


It should also be noted that dumping of munitions was also occasionally conducted outside of the known and designated dumping areas.


The use of these terms is not necessarily reflected in the descriptions contained in sea charts. While the area south of Little Belt was used as a dumping area, for example, in contemporary sea charts it is only described as ‘foul (explosives)’ and not as ‘explosives dumping ground'.


For more information, see the HELCOM MUNI report Chemical Munitions dumped in the Baltic Sea (HELCOM 2013).


The dataset was updated in June 2023 with the dataset provided by Gunnar Möller (Mine Warfare Data Center (C MWDC), 4th Naval Warfare Flottilla, Berga, Sweden) containing dumping areas. This dataset was created and approved for publication by EG Submerged. The data from German territorial waters and EEZ were withheld from the updated dataset.

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Date (Publication)
2013-11-08
Unique resource identifier
https://metadata.helcom.fi/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/b55b508d-3c40-484c-8c7f-38869a8df368
pointOfContact
  HELCOM Secretariat

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Sea regions

GEMET

  • disposal of warfare materials

  • chemical weapon

Keywords
  • MADS

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Use constraints: Data can be used freely given that the source (HELCOM) is cited.

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Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Intelligence military
  • Oceans
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Begin date
2013-11-08
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:3035
Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile ( 1.0 )

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Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

The dumpsite boundaries were drawn as polygons based on maps obtained from the MERCW-project, CHEMSEA project, information of sea charts, coordinates in historical documentation and national report.


More information is available in the HELCOM MUNI report (2013): Chemical Munitions Dumped in the Baltic Sea.


The dataset was updated in June 2023 with the dataset provided by Gunnar Möller (Mine Warfare Data Center (C MWDC), 4th Naval Warfare Flottilla, Berga, Sweden). This dataset was created and approved for publication by EG Submerged. The data from German territorial waters and EEZ were withheld from the dataset.

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b55b508d-3c40-484c-8c7f-38869a8df368 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
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Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2023-06-22T14:44:40
pointOfContact
  HELCOM Secretariat
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET
chemical weapon disposal of warfare materials
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Sea regions

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