Full description
This dataset is a compilation product of all publicly available surveyed bathymetry within the Australian Marine Parks (AMPs, 2023 boundaries), merged into a single multi-resolution composite per AMP. The data was compiled by Seamap Australia as part of an Our Marine Parks (Parks Australia) project with funding from the Australian Government to improve knowledge relating to classification of the Australian Marine Parks real estate. This compilation of bathymetry data was the first step in generating geomorphometry classifications (see https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/40e9283b-d4ed-4176-8fe6-112b8697003f for derived geomorphometry maps).Bathymetry data was collated from AusSeabed data holdings (https://portal.ga.gov.au/persona/marine), the WA Bathymetry Portal (https://dot-wa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=d58dd77d85654783b5fc8c775953c69b), the Australian Ocean Data Network (https://portal.aodn.org.au/) and other existing public data repositories. A single multi-resolution bathymetry mosaic, and associated multi-resolution hillshade mosaic, was generated for each AMP.
Data is supplied as a single Web Map Service of bathymetry on hillshade for the mapped regions. Data is available for download as (1) bathymetry, and (2) hillshade, Geotiff files for each AMP.
The table below indicates the Parks included in this data package, and the percent coverage of bathymetric data for each. Parks not expressly listed below had no publicly accessible bathymetry data available from the sources listed in the 'lineage' section below. This dataset was last updated on 06/03/2025 and represents all public bathymetry data intersecting AMPs that could be located as of that date.
PARK % COVERAGE
Abrolhos 56%
Apollo 62%
Arafura 11%
Argo-Rowley Terrace 34%
Ashmore Reef 68%
Beagle 56%
Boags 31%
Bremer 71%
Carnarvon Canyon 82%
Cartier Island 9%
Central Eastern* 48% (42%)
Christmas Island* 43% (41%)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands* 25% (19%)
Cod Grounds 97%
Coral Sea* 100% (30%)
Dampier 60%
East Gippsland 100%
Eastern Recherche 37%
Eighty Mile Beach 69%
Flinders 32%
Franklin 51%
Freycinet 59%
Gascoyne 67%
Geographe 25%
Gifford* 100% (70%)
Great Australian Bight 40%
Gulf of Carpentaria 6%
Heard & McDonald Islands*† 100% (0%)
Hunter 90%
Huon 95%
Jervis 100%
Jurien 18%
Kimberley 14%
Lord Howe* 16% (14%)
Macquarie Island 48%
Mermaid Reef 83%
Montebello 89%
Murray 50%
Nelson 62%
Ningaloo 55%
Norfolk 42%
Oceanic Shoals 23%
Perth Canyon 100%
Roebuck 100%
Shark Bay 16%
Solitary Islands 100%
South Tasman Rise 82%
South-west Corner 53%
Tasman Fracture 99%
Twilight 1%
Two Rocks 32%
Wessel 1%
West Cape York 11%
Western Eyre 27%
Western Kangaroo Island 10%
Zeehan 73%
* indicates Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data was included in compilation. Coverage of surveyed (non-modelled) bathymetry is shown in parentheses ()
† has been included in analysis but is not an Australian Marine Park
Lineage
Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded
Statement: Bathymetry mosaics for each Australian Marine Park were generated by collating all available bathymetry survey data intersecting AMPs, at the highest available gridded resolution.
Data was mosaiced into a single multi-resolution raster product for each AMP. All source bathymetry surveys intersecting the AMP boundaries was first projected into the most suitable UTM zone for that Park using bilinear interpolation (in cases where a park spanned multiple zones, the central-most zone was used). Reprojected rasters were then clipped to Park boundaries using the ArcGIS Pro tool CLIP RASTER. A single VRT file was generated from all homogenously projected, clipped input rasters. Datasets were ordered in the VRT such that the highest priority (aka mosaicked last) was assigned to: (1) highest resolution; and (2) most recent data (where resolution was identical. This meant that, where bathymetry datasets overlapped in the mosaic, only the first (higher resolution) data was retained for each area. In cases where input data had clear artefacts or errors, these areas were clipped out, or the input Geotiff was deprioritised in the mosaic. GDAL_TRANSLATE was then used to generate a mosaiced product with the resolution of the output file set to the highest resolution of all input data sources (bilinear interpolation).
Hillshade (z-factor = 5m, azimuth = 315°, altitude = 45°) was computed for each homogenously projected, clipped input raster. These were then mosaicked into a second raster product for each AMP using the process described above. This enabled preservation of the highest-resolution hillshading detail available for each AMP.
Bathymetry and hillshade mosaic datasets for each AMP were translated to COGs to optimise cloud mapping performance with DEFLATE compression applied.
Notes
CreditAustralian Government’s Our Marine Parks Grant
Data time period: 1989-01-01
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Subjects
EARTH SCIENCE | LAND SURFACE | GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES |
Engineering |
Geomatic Engineering |
Geospatial Information Systems |
Surveying (Incl. Hydrographic Surveying) |
elevation |
geomorphology |
geomorphometry |
geoscientificInformation |
mapping |
seafloor features |
seafloor morphology |
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Other Information
(DATA ACCESS - bathymetry mosaics per AMP (Geotiff))
uri :
https://data.imas.utas.edu.au/attachments/AMP_bathymetry_derivatives/bathy/raw
(DATA ACCESS - hillshade for bathymetry mosaics (to use as backdrop))
uri :
https://data.imas.utas.edu.au/attachments/AMP_bathymetry_derivatives/hillshade/bathy
(RELATED DATA - geomorphometry of AMPs (derived dataset))
Explore the data through the interactive Seamap Australia portal
uri :
https://seamapaustralia.org/map/#8f7ab168-50ff-4a18-abb0-cb2e0191cce3
Bathymetry of AMPs Web Mapping Service layer (for use in desktop GIS or similar) (seamap:bathymetry_AMP_grp)
Identifiers
- global : fb451be4-9de1-4bc2-8fd6-0f285f90916f
