Geoscience Australia compiled this bathymetry dataset in agreement with the Australian Antarctic Division. The data was used to support Australia's contribution to the development of the Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (RSMPA) at a CCAMLR workshop in Brest, France, in August 2011. The dataset is available in PDF, DOCX, and HTML formats.
Use Cases
- Modeling seafloor topography for marine protected area planning based on the bathymetry compilation.
- Supporting policy proposals for Antarctic conservation based on the geospatial data used at the CCAMLR workshop.
- Conducting geospatial analysis of the Eastern Antarctic seafloor based on the compiled bathymetric information.
Strengths
- Compiled by the authoritative national geoscience organization, Geoscience Australia.
- Data was used to support a formal international policy workshop (CCAMLR) in 2011.
- Available in multiple accessible document formats (PDF, DOCX, HTML).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2026-03-25 18:05:23.488326; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Compilation by Geoscience Australia in agreement with the Australian Antarctic Division.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-25 18:05:23.488326
- Geography
- Eastern Antarctica