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Shark Bay Special Topographic Map

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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The map covers an area of 1.6 degrees longitude by 2.17 degrees latitude or about 160 kilometres from east to west and about 238 kilometres from north to south. This map contains natural and constructed features including road infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, contours (interval 50m), localities and administrative boundaries for the Francois Peron National Park and Shark Bay Marine Park, both inclusive of a World Heritage Area. The reverse side of the map depicts the same area using a satellite image with an overlay of major roads, tourism features and facilities as well as insets featuring the towns of Carnarvon and Denham. The topographic map and data index shows coverage of the sheets. Product Specifications: Coverage: The series covers the whole of Australia with 513 maps. Currency: Ranges from 1995 to 2009. 95% of maps have a reliability date of 1994 or later. Coordinates: Geographical and either AMG or MGA (post-1993) Datum: AGD66, GDA94, AHD. Projection: Universal Traverse Mercator (UTM) Forward Program: Selected maps under revision.

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Field Value
Title Shark Bay Special Topographic Map
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/a812de22-abd5-484c-99b2-507593f7f6f0
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        112.8833,
        -26.75
      ],
      [
        114.5,
        -26.75
      ],
      [
        114.5,
        -24.5833
      ],
      [
        112.8833,
        -24.5833
      ],
      [
        112.8833,
        -26.75
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Shark Bay Special Topographic Map". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/shark-bay-special-topographic-map