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McMurdo Dry Valleys

A topographic map showing contour lines, peaks, glaciers and lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valley region of Antarctica
McMurdo Dry Valleys: McMurdo Dry Valleys and the ultra-salty lakes Vida, Vanda (and a few others). Made for day 25 - Antarctica - of the 2023 #30DayMapChallenge.
projectionSouth Polar Stereo
toolspython: matplotlib, planetarycomputer, rioxarray, osmnx, xrspatial
dataElevation data from Copernicus Global DEM (ESA); Peaks, scree, water, barerock areas from OpenStreetMap
fontDejaVu Sans Mono
commentsPicking colours is hard. Mountains and lakes need labelling. Poor title placement. Quite pleased with the graticule, and having contours spill over the edge of the circle.
date25/11/2023