Multibeam Bathymetry of Australia's Offshore Waters, 50m Grid

June 2018 holdings of multibeam bathymetry data compiled by Geoscience Australia. The dataset covers the offshore area of Australia, including international waters, and is gridded at a 50-meter resolution. It is accessible via a web mapping service on Geoscience Australia's Marine data portal.

Use Cases

• Modeling seafloor terrain based on 50m gridded bathymetry data.
• Analyzing offshore geological features based on compiled multibeam surveys.
• Integrating bathymetric data with other marine datasets for environmental studies.

Strengths

• Data is gridded at a consistent 50-meter resolution.
• Compiles holdings from a national geological survey (Geoscience Australia).
• Covers a defined offshore area, including international waters.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-04-20 03:35:25.293556; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Compiled from multibeam bathymetry data holdings.

Time Range

Data holdings as of June 2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 03:35:25.293556

Geography

Offshore area of Australia, including international waters.