National Maritime Facilities: Australian Ports and Ferry Terminals

Geoscience Australia Data provides a spatial dataset of major ports and public ferry terminals across Australia and its territories. The dataset includes feature attribution for these maritime facilities. It was last updated on 2026-04-20.

Use Cases

• Map maritime infrastructure density based on the spatial locations of ports and terminals.
• Analyze public ferry network accessibility based on terminal locations.
• Conduct spatial analysis for port planning or environmental impact studies based on attributed features.

Strengths

• Spatial data covers all of Australia and its territories.
• Includes attribution for the maritime facility features.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-04-20 02:15:46.152956.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update is in the future (2026).

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 02:15:46.152956

Geography

Australia and its territories