Lord Mayor Shoal to Pitt Shoals Bathymetry Survey (2023)

A bathymetry survey was acquired for the Australian Hydrographic Office between 1 Oct 2023 and 30 Nov 2023. The data was collected using a Kongsberg EM2040 MKII multibeam echosounder and processed with CARIS HIPS and SIPS software. The final product is a 30-meter resolution GeoTIFF grid of the survey area.

Use Cases

• Model seabed topography based on the 30-meter resolution bathymetry grid.
• Analyze underwater terrain features based on the processed survey data.
• Support marine spatial planning based on the high-resolution depth information.
• Validate or update nautical charts based on the survey conducted for the Australian Hydrographic Office.

Strengths

• Survey conducted with a Kongsberg EM2040 MKII multibeam echosounder, a specific high-precision instrument.
• Data processed using CARIS HIPS and SIPS, industry-standard hydrographic processing software.
• Final grid has a defined 30-meter resolution and is exported as a 32-bit floating point GeoTIFF.

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

Contracted survey conducted for the Australian Hydrographic Office as part of the Hydroscheme Industry Partnership Program.

Time Range

1 Oct 2023 – 30 Nov 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 01:37:02.264009; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lord Mayor Shoal to Pitt Shoals survey area.