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Prydz Bay 1:500000 Bathymetric GIS Dataset

Created 17/11/2025

Updated 17/11/2025

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This GIS dataset includes soundings, bathymetric contours and bathymetric areas. The spatial extent of the data ranges from the coast of Kemp Land to the western end of the West Ice Shelf. The data have been formatted according to the SCAR Feature Catalogue (see Related URL). Some of the data are displayed in the map 'Prydz Bay', a 1:1000000 bathymetric map published in September 1997, map number 7 in the SCAR Map Catalogue (see Related URL). Does not conform to Australian Antarctic Spatial Model.

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Title Prydz Bay 1:500000 Bathymetric GIS Dataset
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/340ec298-5346-4865-9bce-84ece80181b5
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1954 - 01/06/1994
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        55.0,
        -70.0
      ],
      [
        82.0,
        -70.0
      ],
      [
        82.0,
        -65.0
      ],
      [
        55.0,
        -65.0
      ],
      [
        55.0,
        -70.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Prydz Bay 1:500000 Bathymetric GIS Dataset". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/prydz-bay-1-500000-bathymetric-gis-dataset1