Dinosaur Coast Heritage Management Plan Project Boundary

2025 management plan defines a 50km intertidal zone project area for protecting geological and paleontological features near Broome. The dataset delineates the boundary extending 15km southeast and 25km northwest from Broome along the Dampier Peninsula coastline. It is one of three datasets produced by the Dinosaur Coast National Heritage Management Plan grant.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial relationship between the project boundary and specific geological units or heritage values from related DCNHMP datasets.
• Overlay the defined intertidal zone boundary with satellite imagery to monitor coastal changes within the protected area.
• Use the boundary geometry to assess proximity of development proposals to areas containing ichnofossils like dinosaur footprints.
• Integrate the project area polygon with regional planning maps to evaluate management zone conflicts or overlaps.

Strengths

• Defines a precisely quantified 50-kilometer intertidal zone project area.
• Part of a coordinated three-dataset series (with Heritage Values and Geological Units) for comprehensive management planning.
• Authoritatively sourced from the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions and a federal DCCEEW grant.

Limitations

• The dataset is a single boundary polygon; analytical depth requires joining with the separate Heritage Values and Geological Units datasets.
• As a management plan boundary, it contains no attribute columns describing internal features, values, or conditions.
• Spatial accuracy for the intertidal zone may be limited by mapping scale or tidal datum definitions.

Provenance

Source

Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, authored by the Yawuru Parks Coordinator.

Collection Method

Produced as part of the Dinosaur Coast National Heritage Management Plan (DCNHMP) under federal DCCEEW grant funding.

Time Range

2025 management plan period.

Freshness

Updated March 2026, reflecting the 2025 management plan.

Geography

West Kimberley region, Australia; approximately 50km of coastline near Broome, from Roebuck Bay to Willie Creek.