Bathymetry Compilation for Proposed Marine Protected Areas in Eastern Antarctica

Eastern Antarctica bathymetry data compiled by Geoscience Australia in agreement with the Australian Antarctic Division. The dataset supported Australia's contribution to the development of the Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (RSMPA) for a CCAMLR workshop in Brest, France, in August 2011. The record is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Modeling seafloor topography for marine protected area planning based on the bathymetry compilation.
• Supporting policy proposals for Antarctic conservation based on the Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (RSMPA) framework.
• Analyzing underwater terrain features in Eastern Antarctica for ecological habitat mapping.

Strengths

• Compiled by Geoscience Australia, a national geoscience agency.
• Specifically created to support a formal international policy workshop (CCAMLR) in 2011.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; the last metadata update is dated 2026-06-27.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, Australian Antarctic Division

Collection Method

Compilation of bathymetric data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 15:57:16.351660; freshness should be verified

Geography

Eastern Antarctica