Southeast Tasmania Shelf Reef Bathymetry Flythrough Video

Southeast Tasmania shelf bathymetry is visualized in a flythrough movie derived from multibeam sonar collected in 2008 and 2009. The video highlights rock reefs as benthic habitats, including low-relief reefs on Freycinet and Tasman Peninsula and high-relief reefs around Hippolyte Rocks. Survey work was a collaboration between Geoscience Australia and the University of Tasmania's Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies.

Use Cases

• Visualizing seabed geomorphology based on the bathymetric flythrough movie
• Studying hard substrate habitats for kelp and sponge communities based on reef descriptions
• Comparing reef relief characteristics (low vs. high) based on the specified locations
• Supporting marine biodiversity research based on the connection to the Marine Biodiversity Research Hub

Strengths

• Bathymetric data derived from multibeam sonar at 3-4 m resolution
• Flythrough movie provides a visual overview of key reef features
• Survey conducted as a collaboration between Geoscience Australia and University of Tasmania

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 2008-2009 collection period

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Multibeam sonar collected using a 300 kHz Simrad EM3002 system on RV Challenger

Time Range

2008-2009

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 15:46:37.872362; freshness should be verified

Geography

Shelf along the coast of southeast Tasmania, including Freycinet Peninsula, Tasman Peninsula, Hippolyte Rocks, Bruny Island