Great Barrier Reef Surficial Cover Facies Maps for Wheeler, Viper, and E Stanley Reefs

Surficial cover facies maps for three specific reefs within Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The dataset is published by the Australian Ocean Data Network on the data.gov.au platform. Its last recorded metadata update was on 2026-06-23.

Use Cases

• Training a model to classify reef habitat types from geospatial data (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Analyzing spatial patterns of coral cover for conservation planning (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Validating remote sensing algorithms for benthic mapping (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the official Australian government data portal, data_gov_au.
• Associated with the authoritative Australian Ocean Data Network.
• Last updated 2026-06-23 02:49:48.130888.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 02:49:48.130888.

Geography

Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, specifically Wheeler, Viper, and E Stanley Reefs.