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Great Barrier Reef features

University of Tasmania, Australia
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)
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Cite data as: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (2018). Great Barrier Reef features (Version 1.4) [dataset] Data accessed at https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?uuid=33b58caf-6dab-4c2f-84d3-9a4db064664f on (access date).

This dataset is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, on behalf of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority for the purposes of Seamap Australia (testing a national marine benthic habitat classification scheme). and NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project D3 (Reefs on the Australian Continental Shelf).

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Coastal features within and adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area (such as the Queensland Mainland and Islands, Indicative Reef boundaries and Rocks.). Major coral cay features,major and other coral reef structures (as defined by the reef shoal edge) and tidal, drying or emergent reef areas within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

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Statement: July 2002
Updated in July 2002 to improve the logical consistency with other GBRMPA datasets (ZONING, REEFS, ROCKS). Represents a combined dataset inlcuding elements from CAYS and ROCKS. Features with diameter < 100m extracted to form a symbolised ROCKS coverage.

2003-2004
Updated against satellite imagery during the RAP process (2003-2004) to 25k scale, especially in Cairns, Whitsundays and Hinchinbrook Regions.

Callum Shoal defined from Navigational Chart, Reef ID added 20-1271.

2008
Update to dry reef around Low Island and Woody Island as part of Cairns Plan of Management Review (Jan 2008).

2008
Update to indicative reef at Bait Reef as part of Cairns Plan of Management Review (Jan 2008).

21 October 2013
Reef 21-284 named Ron Taylor Reef

22 October 2013
Barren Island Reef (No.3) (23-031c) added (area drawn from Keppels No Anchoring Area)

19 January 2015
U/N Reef 17-065 named Bob Endean Reef (17-065)

17 March 2016
U/N Reef 20-389 named Neville Coleman Reef

28 October 2016
U/N Reef 17-069 named Peter Arnold Reef

06 March 2017
U/N Reef 14-140 named Sydney Schubert Reef

06 March 2017
U/N Reef 18-022 named Felicity Wishart Reef

20 October 2017
U/N Reef 22-101 named Don Kinsey Reef

24 November 2017
U/N Island 17-013b named Catalina Rock

20 November 2018
Yuindalla Island 20-075c name corrected to Yiundalla Island 20-075c
Blackcurrent Island 20-010b name corrected to Black Current Island 20-010b

As directed by the state of Queensland:
Nigger Head Reef 11-146 repealed and reinstated to U/N Reef status
Nigger Head 11-146 repealed and reinstated to U/N Cay status

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Purpose
To represent Great Barrier Reef Marine Park features within and adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. This includes the Great Barrier Reef Mainland and Islands, Indicative Reef boundaries and Rocks.

Data time period: 1998-01-01 to 2021-10-29

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Subjects
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS | BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY | BENTHIC HABITAT | Biological Sciences | BIOSPHERE | Benthic habitat | Benthic physical features | CONTINENTAL MARGINS | EARTH SCIENCE | Ecology | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Sciences | Environmental Management | Environmental Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Marine and Estuarine Ecology (Incl. Marine Ichthyology) | OCEANS | Other Environmental Sciences | REEF HABITAT | boundaries | cameras | marine, mapping | orbiting satellite |

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