Seabed Morphology and Geomorphology of Flinders Reefs, Coral Sea

Flinders Reefs within the Coral Sea Marine Park, north-eastern Australia, are covered by this ESRI web map service containing seabed morphology and geomorphology information. The service is intended for marine park managers, regulators, and the public, and uses a data product published by McNeil et al. (2023). Geoscience Australia Data maintains the service, which was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Marine spatial planning based on seabed morphology layers.
• Habitat mapping and conservation assessment based on geomorphology information.
• Regulatory compliance monitoring for marine park activities based on the provided geospatial data.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a published scientific product (McNeil et al., 2023; eCat Record 147998).
• Service is hosted by Geoscience Australia Data, a national geoscience agency.
• Last updated timestamp is precisely recorded (2026-05-14 03:51:10.273218).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Likely derived from remote sensing and bathymetric survey data, as referenced in McNeil et al. (2023).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 03:51:10.273218.

Geography

Flinders Reefs within the Coral Sea Marine Park, north-eastern Australia.