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Seabed Habitats and Hazards of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and Timor Sea, Northern Australia

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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The Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and Timor Sea region (JBG-TS) is an area of significance for multiple resource needs, from marine planning to offshore industry development. As such, information on seabed environments in this region is of interest to both industry and marine management. Geoscience Australia is focussed on the collation and preparation of regional pre-competitive environmental datasets, the outputs of which can be used for pre and post-bid environmental assessments and for emergency response planning. This report provides a spatial synthesis of seabed environments for the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and Timor Sea region (JBG-TS) by identifying and describing significant habitats, communities, and potential geohazards. Data are sourced from existing literature, including publicly available industry data, as well as data collected from two seabed mapping surveys to the Van Diemen Rise in the eastern Timor Sea (GA-322 and GA-325).

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Title Seabed Habitats and Hazards of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and Timor Sea, Northern Australia
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/1d681c51-db87-438f-82b6-acc60b0a6ef4
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 19/06/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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}
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Seabed Habitats and Hazards of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and Timor Sea, Northern Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/seabed-habitats-and-hazards-of-the-joseph-bonaparte-gulf-and-timor-sea-northern-australia1