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ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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The ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library is a visual database of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) encounters and of individually catalogued whale sharks.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/56de2346-1c99-44c2-8891-ff63ad9cb1bc
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
info@whaleshark.org
Reference Period 01/01/1995
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        -180.0,
        -85.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -85.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        90.0
      ],
      [
        -180.0,
        90.0
      ],
      [
        -180.0,
        -85.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "ECOCEAN Whale Shark Photo-identification Library". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/ecocean-whale-shark-photo-identification-library1