Not all Iris users need to plot. However we currently also depend on Cartopy for coordinate systems, so this issue is dependent on https://github.com/SciTools/iris/issues/4643. - [ ] Complete https://github.com/SciTools/iris/issues/4643 - [ ] Complete any other necessary steps to remove Cartopy from Iris core functionality - [ ] Adopt the optional dependency patterns for Cartopy - Unit versus Integration testing - Dependency listing - User warning