Darwin Harbour Seabed Bathymetry Flythrough Videos for Habitat Mapping

December 2010 saw the Northern Territory Government fund the Darwin Harbour Habitat Mapping Program. The program, managed by the Department of Land Resource Management, involved collaboration with Geoscience Australia, the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and the Darwin Port Corporation to acquire multibeam bathymetry data. This collection presents video flythroughs of seabed bathymetry compilations intended for public release to support marine resource management decisions.

Use Cases

• Visualizing seabed topography for habitat classification based on bathymetry data mentioned in the description
• Supporting marine spatial planning and environmental management decisions based on thematic habitat maps
• Creating educational and public outreach materials based on the video flythrough format
• Informing environmental offset programs like the INPEX program mentioned in the description

Strengths

• Data acquisition involved collaboration with authoritative institutions like Geoscience Australia and the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
• The program's objective is explicitly stated to produce thematic habitat maps for marine resource management.

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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Multibeam and backscatter data acquisition conducted under the Darwin Harbour Habitat Mapping Program.

Time Range

Data acquisition initiated after December 2010.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 22:17:15.691552; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Darwin Harbour and Bynoe harbours region, Northern Territory, Australia.