Hay Point to Hydrographers Passage Bathymetry Survey, 2022

Queensland, Australia bathymetry data acquired for the Australian Hydrographic Office between 13 August and 09 November 2022. The survey was conducted onboard the MV Sea Ranger and MV Brynda using Kongsberg EM2040D and EM 2040C systems. The processed data is provided as a 30-meter resolution, 32-bit floating point GeoTIFF grid.

Use Cases

• Modeling seabed topography based on the 30-meter resolution bathymetry grid.
• Analyzing underwater features in the Hay Point to Hydrographers Passage corridor.
• Supporting marine spatial planning based on high-resolution depth data.
• Validating hydrodynamic models using precise bathymetric measurements.

Strengths

• Data was acquired using Kongsberg EM2040D and EM 2040C multibeam sonar systems.
• Processed to a 30-meter resolution grid.
• Covers a specific temporal range from 13 August to 09 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

Geoscience Australia Data, contracted by the Australian Hydrographic Office via EGS.

Collection Method

Acquired via shipborne multibeam sonar survey and processed using QPS Qimera software.

Time Range

13 August 2022 to 09 November 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 05:15:55.521239; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Hay Point to Hydrographers Passage, Queensland, Australia