Bremer Marine Park Bathymetry Grid at 100-Meter Resolution

A bathymetry grid for Bremer Marine Park in Australia's South-west Marine Park Network, compiled from multibeam sonar data. The dataset covers the Bremer Canyon and adjacent smaller canyons incising the continental slope and outer shelf. This compilation was produced by Geoscience Australia with support from the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub.

Use Cases

• Modeling seafloor terrain based on gridded bathymetry data.
• Analyzing canyon geomorphology based on coverage of the Bremer Canyon system.
• Supporting marine park management planning based on environmental data compiled for Commonwealth marine parks.

Strengths

• Gridded to a 100-meter spatial resolution.
• Covers a named marine park within Australia's network of 58 parks spanning 3.3 million square kilometres.
• Compiled by a national geological survey (Geoscience Australia) with NESP research program support.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Compilation of existing multibeam sonar bathymetry datasets.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 19:19:14.808726; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bremer Marine Park, South-west Marine Park Network, Australia.