Booby Island to D'Arcole Islands Bathymetry Survey (2022)

The Booby Island to D'Arcole Islands, Bonaparte Archipelago bathymetry survey was acquired for the Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO) onboard the MV Offshore Solution and MV Special Order between 15 September 2022 and 26 November 2022. Guardian Geomatics conducted the survey as part of the Hydroscheme Industry Partnership Program, using Kongsberg EM2040P and EM2040-07 multibeam echosounders. The processed dataset is a 30-meter resolution, 32-bit floating point GeoTIFF grid of the survey area.

Use Cases

• Modeling seabed terrain based on high-resolution bathymetry data.
• Analyzing underwater geological features based on the 30-meter resolution grid.
• Supporting marine spatial planning based on the survey's defined area in the Bonaparte Archipelago.

Strengths

• Data was acquired using Kongsberg EM2040P and EM2040-07 multibeam echosounders.
• The final product is a 30-meter resolution, 32-bit floating point GeoTIFF grid.
• Survey was conducted over a defined period from 15 September 2022 to 26 November 2022.

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.
• The dataset is explicitly not to be used for navigational purposes.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Contracted survey conducted by Guardian Geomatics using multibeam echosounders, processed with CARIS HIPS & SIPS software.

Time Range

15 September 2022 – 26 November 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 08:25:17.439639; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Booby Island to D'Arcole Islands, Bonaparte Archipelago, Western Australia