Shark Bay Topographic Map with Satellite Imagery and 50m Contours

513 maps cover the entirety of Australia, with 95% having a reliability date of 1994 or later. This specific map sheet details a 160 km by 238 km area of Western Australia, including the Francois Peron National Park and Shark Bay Marine Park within a World Heritage Area. The data was produced by Geoscience Australia, with map currency ranging from 1995 to 2009.

Use Cases

• Terrain analysis and elevation modeling based on 50-meter contour intervals.
• Land cover and infrastructure mapping based on depicted vegetation, roads, and hydrography.
• Tourism and facility planning using the reverse-side satellite image overlay of major roads and features.
• Administrative boundary analysis for the included national and marine parks.

Strengths

• Covers a large, defined area of approximately 160 km by 238 km.
• Includes multiple data layers such as contours, infrastructure, vegetation, and administrative boundaries.
• Provides dual representations with a standard topographic map and a satellite image overlay.

Limitations

• Data currency ranges from 1995 to 2009, which may not reflect recent changes.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The primary file formats are PDF and JPEG, which are not natively structured for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Cartographic production and satellite imagery compilation.

Time Range

1995 to 2009

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 01:24:23.387134; freshness should be verified against map currency dates.

Geography

Shark Bay region, Western Australia, Australia