Australian Maritime Facilities: Major Ports and Public Ferry Terminals

Australia and its Territories contain spatial data for major ports and public ferry terminals. This web service provides access to the Maritime Facilities Datasets, representing the spatial locations of these facilities, all complimented with feature attribution. The data is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated on 2026-06-27.

Use Cases

• Map maritime infrastructure density based on spatial locations of ports and terminals.
• Analyze public ferry network accessibility based on terminal locations.
• Conduct spatial joins for regional economic studies based on port feature attribution.
• Visualize national maritime facility distribution for planning and reporting.

Strengths

• Spatial data includes feature attribution for the represented facilities.
• Covers Australia and its Territories, providing a national scope.
• Data is provided by the authoritative Australian Ocean Data Network.

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 dated 2026-06-27.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 16:36:25.730693

Geography

Australia and its Territories