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Kimberley Benthic Habitat Survey - Benthic Habitat Distribution Maps

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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Four locations along the Kimberley coast were video and depth surveyed to describe the substratum type, biohabitat type and the bathymetry of the seabed. Video and depth data was collected between 9 - 29 June 2008 from the vicinity of Gourdon Bay, Quondong – Coulomb Point, Perpendicular Head and Packer Island. Video footage was analysed to obtain habitat classification data to generate distribution maps of substrate and biohabitat types. These maps were used by the Northern Development Taskforce as part of a selection process to rank the suitability of a range of locations for a proposed common-user liquefied natural gas hub precinct.

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Title Kimberley Benthic Habitat Survey - Benthic Habitat Distribution Maps
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/1281cbf3-31b0-4038-b825-e12e08f52992
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
gary.fry@csiro.au
Reference Period 22/11/2017
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
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      [
        121.7,
        -18.5
      ],
      [
        122.92,
        -18.5
      ],
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        122.92,
        -16.45
      ],
      [
        121.7,
        -16.45
      ],
      [
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      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Kimberley Benthic Habitat Survey - Benthic Habitat Distribution Maps". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/kimberley-benthic-habitat-survey-benthic-habitat-distribution-maps1