Seabed Morphology and Geomorphology of Flinders Reefs in the Coral Sea Marine Park

Geoscience Australia provides a geospatial web service detailing seabed morphology and geomorphology for Flinders Reefs. The data product is intended for marine park managers, regulators, and the public, and is based on research published by McNeil et al. in 2023. Last updated on 2026-05-14, this service uses the OGC Web Feature Service (WFS) protocol.

Use Cases

• Marine spatial planning based on detailed seabed morphology and geomorphology layers.
• Habitat mapping and conservation planning based on seabed geomorphology information.
• Regulatory compliance assessment based on authoritative seabed data for the Coral Sea Marine Park.

Strengths

• Data is published by the authoritative national geoscience organization, Geoscience Australia.
• The dataset is based on a peer-reviewed data product published in 2023 (eCat Record 147998).
• It is served via a standardized OGC Web Feature Service (WFS) for interoperability.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial resolution are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last metadata update was 2026-05-14.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 03:45:27.309483

Geography

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