Fremantle Cockburn Sound Bathymetry: High-Resolution Seabed Surface from 2004

Fremantle–Cockburn Sound in Australia was surveyed on 12–13 July 2004 by Geoscience Australia and the Coastal Cooperative Research Centre. The dataset contains a high-resolution 32-bit floating point GeoTIFF bathymetry surface derived from a Reson SeaBat 8125 multibeam echosounder. It was collected under the Coastal Water Habitat Mapping Project to support assessments of seabed habitat, sediment characteristics, and coastal geomorphology.

Use Cases

• Modeling seabed habitat suitability based on high-resolution bathymetry data.
• Analyzing coastal geomorphology and sediment transport patterns from the bathymetric surface.
• Supporting marine spatial planning and environmental impact assessments for the Fremantle–Cockburn Sound area.

Strengths

• High-resolution 32-bit floating point GeoTIFF surface derived from processed multibeam data.
• Data collected by authoritative institutions Geoscience Australia and the Coastal Cooperative Research Centre.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the single survey in July 2004.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia and the Coastal Cooperative Research Centre, collected via the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Survey conducted onboard the Motor Vessel (M/V) Reliance using a Reson SeaBat 8125 (455 kHz) multibeam echosounder.

Time Range

12–13 July 2004

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-09 23:11:47.249707; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Fremantle–Cockburn Sound, Australia