Shark Bay Topographic Map with Satellite Imagery Overlay

Geoscience Australia Data provides a topographic map covering a 160 by 238 kilometer area of Shark Bay, Western Australia. The map contains natural and constructed features including roads, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours for the Francois Peron National Park and Shark Bay Marine Park. The reverse side depicts the same area using a satellite image with overlays of major roads and tourism features.

Use Cases

• Plan conservation efforts based on vegetation and hydrography data.
• Analyze tourism infrastructure based on the overlay of roads and facilities.
• Study topographic features using the 50-meter contour interval data.
• Compare historical and current land use using the map's currency range from 1995 to 2009.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 160 km by 238 km area with detailed 50-meter contour intervals.
• Includes both a standard topographic map and a satellite image overlay on the reverse.
• Part of a series covering the whole of Australia with 513 maps, providing context.

Limitations

• Data currency ranges from 1995 to 2009, which may not reflect recent changes.
• 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

Time Range

1995 to 2009

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 05:16:04.450247; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Shark Bay region, Western Australia, including Francois Peron National Park and Shark Bay Marine Park.