Seafloor Bathymetry Flythrough of Gifford Marine Park, Australia

Gifford Marine Park, located 700 km east of Brisbane, Australia, features two large, flat-topped volcanic seamounts. The bathymetry data was collected on two surveys in 2007 and 2017 by Geoscience Australia, in collaboration with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in 2017. This research is supported by the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub.

Use Cases

• Visualizing seafloor topography and seamount structures based on the collected bathymetry data
• Studying sediment bedforms and mass movement scars described on the seamount slopes
• Modeling potential habitats for cetaceans like humpback whales based on the described roles as breeding or feeding grounds
• Analyzing the geological history of Miocene volcanism and hotspot migration along the Lord Howe Rise

Strengths

• Data collected over two distinct time periods (2007 and 2017), allowing for potential temporal analysis
• Covers a significant depth range, spanning over 3 km of ocean depths as described
• Produced by authoritative organizations: Geoscience Australia and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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

Bathymetric surveys conducted at sea

Time Range

Survey years: 2007, 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 01:19:22.607801; freshness should be verified

Geography

Gifford Marine Park, 700 km east of Brisbane, Australia, on the Lord Howe Rise