Seafloor Bathymetry Flythrough of Gifford Marine Park Seamounts

A flythrough movie visualizes the seafloor bathymetry of the Gifford Marine Park, located 700 km east of Brisbane. The data was collected on two surveys by Geoscience Australia, in 2007 and in 2017 in collaboration with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. The research is supported by the National Environmental Science Program Marine Biodiversity Hub.

Use Cases

• Visualizing seamount topography and sediment fields based on the described bathymetric data
• Studying potential cetacean habitats and migratory routes based on the described role of the seamounts
• Analyzing geological features like mass movement scars and volcanic structures from the described flythrough

Strengths

• Data spans over 3 km of ocean depths, covering significant vertical relief
• Combines bathymetric data from two surveys conducted a decade apart (2007 and 2017)

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, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Collection Method

Bathymetric surveys conducted from marine vessels

Time Range

Survey years 2007 and 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 07:34:23.987456; freshness should be verified

Geography

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