Seabed Morphology and Geomorphology of Flinders Reefs in the Coral Sea

A geospatial web service containing seabed morphology and geomorphology information for Flinders Reefs within the Coral Sea Marine Park. The data product was published by McNeil et al. (2023) and is managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network. It was last updated on 2026-06-17.

Use Cases

• Marine habitat mapping based on seabed morphology data.
• Environmental impact assessment for marine park management based on geomorphology features.
• Scientific research on coral reef ecosystems based on the described seabed characteristics.
• Regulatory planning and zoning within marine protected areas based on the provided geospatial information.

Strengths

• Data is published in a peer-reviewed product (McNeil et al., 2023).
• Spatial coverage is explicitly defined for Flinders Reefs within the Coral Sea Marine Park.
• The service is provided 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 dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is in the future (2026-06-17).

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, referencing McNeil et al. (2023); eCat Record 147998.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 01:29:11.426488

Geography

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