Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone and offshore island territories are mapped by geomorphic unit outlines. The dataset likely contains named units, feature codes, province codes, and area/perimeter attributes compiled by Geoscience Australia. These data were updated in October 2006 to support environmental management of ocean resources.
Use Cases
- Construct seabed bioregionalisations based on geomorphic unit outlines.
- Analyze benthic habitat distribution using geomorphic surrogates.
- Map environmental management zones based on named geomorphic units and province codes.
- Calculate seabed feature metrics based on area and perimeter attributes.
Strengths
- Includes named geomorphic units, feature codes, and province codes where known.
- Contains calculated area and perimeter attributes for each unit.
- Compiled by Geoscience Australia as part of an integrated digital information system.
- Accompanied by Geoscience Australia Record 2003/30.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2026-05-05 05:06:41.155572; freshness should be verified.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, excluding the Australian Antarctic Territory.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Compiled by Geoscience Australia's integrated digital information system.
- Time Range
- 2006
- Freshness
- Updated October 2006.
- Geography
- Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone and offshore island territories.