Perth Canyon Marine Park Bathymetry Grid at 40-Meter Resolution

A 40-meter resolution bathymetric grid of the Perth Canyon Marine Park, produced by Geoscience Australia. The dataset includes derived morphological surface classifications based on a two-part seafloor mapping scheme. It was released as part of a project supporting the management of Australia's network of 58 marine parks.

Use Cases

• Modeling seafloor habitats based on bathymetric slope and morphological surface categories.
• Creating visualizations of underwater terrain based on combined bathymetry and hillshade imagery.
• Supporting marine park management plans with interpreted geomorphological data.
• Conducting spatial analysis of slope and escarpment features within a protected marine area.

Strengths

• Data is derived from Geoscience Australia's bathymetry holdings, a national authority.
• Includes morphological surface classifications (Plain, Slope, Escarpment) based on a published scientific scheme.
• Supports the management of a 3.3 million square kilometre national marine park network.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Compiled and processed from Geoscience Australia's bathymetry data holdings, gridded at optimal resolution.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 16:21:43.456943; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Perth Canyon Marine Park, Australia