Van Diemen Gulf Bathymetry Survey, NT, 2021

Survey data acquired between 26 June 2021 and 5 October 2021 for the Australian Hydrographic Office. Bathymetry data was collected in Van Diemen Gulf, Northern Territory, onboard the MV Offshore Guardian and MV Special Order using a Kongsberg EM2040-07 MKII. The processed dataset is a 30m resolution, 32-bit floating point GeoTIFF grid.

Use Cases

• Model seabed topography based on bathymetry data.
• Analyze underwater terrain for marine route planning based on survey area.
• Process and visualize hydrographic data based on CARIS HIPS and SIPS software outputs.

Strengths

• Survey conducted over a defined period from 26 Jun 2021 to 5 Oct 2021.
• Data processed to a specific 30-meter resolution.
• Data acquired using a named Kongsberg EM2040-07 MKII multibeam echosounder.

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

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Contract survey conducted by Guardian Geomatics for the Australian Hydrographic Office.

Time Range

26 Jun 2021 – 5 Oct 2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 01:34:38.283093; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Van Diemen Gulf (North-West Inshore Route), Northern Territory, Australia