Mountain Ranges

ISO 19115-3 Metadata

Metadata Information

Default locale:
Language code: eng
Character encoding: utf8
Metadata contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Responsible party:
Organization:
Name: National Land Commission Secretariate
Contact information:
Phone:
Number type: voice
Number: 17446681
Address:
e-mail address: kchoki@nlcs.gov.bt
Indvidual:
Individual:
Name: Karma Choki
Position name: Survey Engineer
Metadata date information:
Date type: revision
Date: 2025-07-16T00:00:00
Metadata standard:
Title: ISO 19115-3 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 1: Fundamentals
Edition: 2014
Metadata scope:
Resource scope: dataset
Metadata maintenance:
Update frequency: asNeeded
Metadata constraints:
General Constraints:
Limitations of use: The dataset offers a generalized depiction of mountain ranges and does not reflect exact elevations, widths, or geological formations

Data Identification Information

Resource citation:
Title: Mountain Ranges
Citation date:
Date type: publication
Date: 2025-07-16T00:00:00
Citation date:
Date type: creation
Date: 2001-07-01T00:00:00
Cited responsible party:
Role: pointOfContact
Responsible party:
Organization:
Name: National Land Commission Secretariate
Indvidual:
Individual:
Name: Karma Choki
Position name: Survey Engineer
Abstract: This dataset contains line features representing major mountain ranges across Bhutan. Each range is identified by a unique field ID and range name, with general location coordinates provided for spatial context. The data supports topographic visualization, landscape analysis, and thematic mapping of Bhutan’s physiographic zones.
Purpose: The Mountain Ranges dataset captures the spatial distribution of major mountain ranges across Bhutan using line geometry. Each feature is attributed with its name and location. It is useful for visualizing Bhutan’s major mountain ranges.
Point of contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Responsible party:
Organization:
Name: National Land Commission Secretariate
Contact information:
Phone:
Number type: voice
Number: 17446681
Address:
e-mail address: kchoki@nlcs.gov.bt
Indvidual:
Individual:
Name: Karma Choki
Position name: Survey Engineer
Themes or categories of the resource: environment, geoscientificInformation, location
Resource extent:
Geographic element:
Bounding rectangle:
West longitude: 88.778727
East longitude: 92.135249
North latitude: 28.09739
South latitude: 26.617428
Resource maintenance:
Update frequency: asNeeded
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords: Downloadable Data

Thesaurus:
Citation reference: 723f6998-058e-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords: open

Default locale:
Language code: eng
Character encoding: utf8

Spatial Representation Information

Vector Data

Level of topology for this dataset: geometryOnly

Reference System Information

Reference system identifier:
Identifier code: 5266
Codespace: EPSG

Content Information

Coverage Description

Attribute described by cell values: The attribute table contains name, which specifies the official or locally known name of each mountain range, and coordinate, which indicates its geographic location.
Attribute group:
Content type: thematicClassification

Resource Lineage

Lineage scope:
Scope level: dataset
Source:
Source description: The mountain passes data was collected through interpretation of 1:50,000 topographic map.
Process step:
Process description: The dataset was created by NLCS by digitizing mountain passes from 1:50,000 scale topographic maps, followed by field tracking to verify and update the pass locations and attributes.

Distribution Information

Distribution format:
Format specification citation:
Title: shapefile
Edition: na
Digital transfer options:
Units of distribution: kb
Transfer size: 92.1