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Mapping of selected areas of Cockburn Sound, Western Australia

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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In 2002, aerial photography of the Perth metropolitan coastal waters was purpose-flown to obtain high quality imagery of the benthic habitats. This imagery was used to map the coverage of vegetated areas in two selected areas of Cockburn Sound: Southern Flats and Eastern Shoal. Areas of relatively poor visibility, such as the Eastern Shelf, are difficult to map with confidence using these techniques. A ground-truthing survey was undertaken in 2004 to map the seagrass and reef habitats on the Eastern Shelf utilising sidescan sonar, towed video and spot dives.

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Title Mapping of selected areas of Cockburn Sound, Western Australia
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/122a5d9c-9893-4320-9e00-6b7815485587
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
CSMC@DER.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/2004 - 30/06/2004
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
      [
        115.79034,
        -32.243034072964
      ],
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        115.79034,
        -32.13262
      ],
      [
        115.72786,
        -32.13262
      ],
      [
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      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Mapping of selected areas of Cockburn Sound, Western Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/mapping-of-selected-areas-of-cockburn-sound-western-australia