OpenStreetMap vector data for Antarctica enables precise mapping, navigation, and spatial analysis for researchers, urban planners, and developers working with QGIS, osm2pgsql, and mapping applications. This region presents unique challenges due to its extreme environment, featuring the vast Antarctic Ice Sheet that covers the majority of the continent and drives global ocean currents. Our site provides a free daily updated .pbf extract of the geospatial database for this area. For professionals seeking a faster workflow, we offer a paid QGIS 3 project containing pre-styled Shapefile and GeoPackage layers along with relevant icons to streamline cartography and analysis.

Main files

[antarctica.pbf] - for osm2pgsql, Osmium, Osmosis, imposm, mkgmap, and others. This file was last modified 21 hours ago. File size: 31.75MB; MD5 sum: ae57672712c6f3eb5398cf483053c375.

Additional Files

[antarctica.poly] - file that describes the extent of this region. About POLY format

[antarctica.geojson] - file that describes the extent of this region. About GeoJSON format

This site is not affiliated with OpenStreetMap Foundaton and is an independent project providing data based on OSM. The data corresponds to the original OSM data, the cutting into geographical areas may differ from the boundaries contained in OSM. OpenStreetMap data is distributed under the ODbL license.

Antarctica

Main files

Additional Files

Ordering geodata extraction of Antarctica