Australian Geological Provinces MapServer

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

The Australian Geological Provinces Database contains descriptions and spatial extents of the fundamental geological elements of the Australian continent and offshore surrounds. Province types include sedimentary basins, tectonic provinces such as cratons and orogens, igneous provinces, and metallogenic provinces. Spatial data has been captured largely at approximately 1:1M scale for intended use between 1:2M and 1:5M scale.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Australian Geological Provinces MapServer
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/3566a563-197e-49d2-a19c-3cb78b04037f
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 04/05/2016
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        106.5691,
        -49.8614
      ],
      [
        171.8811,
        -49.8614
      ],
      [
        171.8811,
        -3.627
      ],
      [
        106.5691,
        -3.627
      ],
      [
        106.5691,
        -49.8614
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Australian Geological Provinces MapServer". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/australian-geological-provinces-mapserver