Zeehan and Franklin Marine Parks Bathymetry Survey, 2022

A 2-meter resolution bathymetric grid of the Zeehan and Franklin Marine Parks off West Coast Tasmania. The data was acquired by CSIRO onboard the TV Bluefin between 22 February 2022 and 21 March 2022 using a Kongsberg EM2040C multibeam sonar. The survey was conducted for the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and processed with QPS Qimera and Caris Hips & Sips software.

Use Cases

• Seafloor habitat modeling based on high-resolution bathymetry.
• Marine park management and planning based on detailed underwater topography.
• Baseline environmental assessment for the West Coast Tasmania region.
• Integration with other oceanographic datasets for coastal research.

Strengths

• 2-meter spatial resolution provides detailed seafloor mapping.
• Data acquisition details and processing software are explicitly documented.
• A detailed survey report is publicly available for verification.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is explicitly not to be used for navigational purposes, limiting its application scope.

Provenance

Source

CSIRO, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Parks Australia.

Collection Method

Contracted multibeam survey using a Kongsberg EM2040C sonar.

Time Range

22 February 2022 to 21 March 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 01:43:13.326997; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Zeehan and Franklin Marine Parks, West Coast Tasmania