GIS Layer: Upwelling in the Australian region

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

ESRI shape file showing ocean upwelling around Australia. This shape file was produced from a hand drawn map showing upwelling around Australia. The hand drawn map is a qualitative summary of published information on upwelling. The shape file has been produced by CSIRO for the National Oceans Office, as part of an ongoing commitment to natural resource planning and management through the 'National Marine Bioregionalisation' project. Data shown is qualitative.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title GIS Layer: Upwelling in the Australian region
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/f8fc19c7-b513-481e-b8c7-49a69cfa6e05
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
Donna.Hayes@csiro.au
Reference Period 26/06/2008
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        90.0,
        -63.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -63.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -3.0
      ],
      [
        90.0,
        -3.0
      ],
      [
        90.0,
        -63.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "GIS Layer: Upwelling in the Australian region". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/gis-layer-upwelling-in-the-australian-region1