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AusSeabed Bathymetry Survey Acquisitions Coverage Database

Created 20/01/2026

Updated 20/01/2026

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The AusSeabed Bathymetry Survey Acquisitions Coverage database contains polygon extents of bathymetry data acquisitions along with identifying attributes and contact details where the data is not held by Geoscience Australia. It is an important scientific resource that identifies data spanning coastal, continental shelf and deep sea locations.

This dataset is live and will continue to be augmented as coverage details are supplied from AusSeabed collaborators who wish to share their knowledge of data availability to the broader marine community. The database is updated regularly and is made available via the AusSeabed Marine Data Portal using OGC compliant web services. Surveys/Data Acquisitions have been conducted by a wide range of organisations and countries, both inside and outside Australia's marine jurisdiction, using multiple systems and for various applications. Data coverages are published where the polygon extents intersects with Australia's marine jurisdiction, including the Australian Antarctic Territory. Each polygon in the layer contains metadata describing survey details.

Note that polygons may not be representative of the true survey extent due to the data gridding process.

For a list of source data contributions see Technical Lineage. Please note that this public coverage does not include information that has been provided to Geoscience Australia under a Restricted and Exclusive license. However, the additional restricted information is used during the computation of Australian marine jurisdiction’s Percent Mapped assessment.

Please contact us at ausseabed@ga.gov.au if you wish to contribute coverage information to the database.

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Field Value
Title AusSeabed Bathymetry Survey Acquisitions Coverage Database
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/307a0706-2391-4cbb-9636-af88b05faed4
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 04/07/1989
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        104.0,
        -48.0
      ],
      [
        160.0,
        -48.0
      ],
      [
        160.0,
        -7.0
      ],
      [
        104.0,
        -7.0
      ],
      [
        104.0,
        -48.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "AusSeabed Bathymetry Survey Acquisitions Coverage Database". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/ausseabed-bathymetry-survey-acquisitions-coverage-database2