Beagle Marine Park Bathymetry Survey 2018: 1-Meter Resolution Grids

Eleven bathymetry grids derived from multibeam sonar data collected in Beagle Marine Park during June 2018. The data covers a combined area of 366 square kilometers at a 1-meter spatial resolution. Geoscience Australia and the University of Tasmania collected this data to build baseline information for benthic habitats as part of a 10-year marine park management plan.

Use Cases

• Modeling seafloor terrain based on high-resolution bathymetry grids.
• Planning environmental monitoring programs based on baseline habitat information.
• Supporting marine park management decisions based on detailed seabed mapping.

Strengths

• High-resolution 1-meter gridded data.
• Covers a specific area of 366 square kilometers.
• Data collection is documented in a detailed 2019 post-survey report.

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.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia and the Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies (University of Tasmania).

Collection Method

Multibeam sonar data acquisition from the TV Bluefin vessel.

Time Range

17 - 26 June 2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 02:48:24.669602; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Beagle Marine Park, Bass Strait.