Bellarine Peninsula Shoreline from Local Coastal Hazard Assessment

A geospatial data layer depicts the shoreline for the Bellarine-Corio Bay area in Victoria, Australia. The data was produced by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action as part of the DELWP Future Coasts Program. It provides information on the extent of coastal hazards and their physical impacts for the local coastal environment.

Use Cases

• Map coastal erosion risk zones based on the defined shoreline geometry.
• Model storm surge and sea-level rise impacts using the shoreline as a baseline.
• Inform land-use planning and development restrictions based on coastal hazard extents.
• Validate or update regional coastal models with a localized shoreline dataset.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (TAB, MIF, GDB, SHP, DWG, DXF) for tool flexibility.
• Project reports detailing derivation assumptions and limitations are referenced and available online.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse and adaptation.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria, Australia)

Collection Method

Produced as part of the DELWP Future Coasts Program's Local Coastal Hazard Assessment.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 01:12:15.061496; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bellarine-Corio Bay coastal environment, Victoria, Australia.