SI 1043: Bathymetry Survey of Cape Fourcroy (West) at 30m Resolution

A 30-meter resolution bathymetric grid of the Cape Fourcroy (West) area, acquired for the Australian Hydrographic Office between August and October 2023. Data was collected using a Kongsberg EM2040 MKII multibeam sonar and processed with CARIS HIPS and SIPS and QIMERA software. The resulting dataset is a 32-bit floating point GeoTIFF, though it is explicitly not intended for navigational purposes.

Use Cases

• Modeling seafloor topography based on the 30-meter resolution bathymetric grid.
• Analyzing underwater terrain features in the Cape Fourcroy (West) survey area.
• Integrating bathymetric data into marine spatial planning or environmental studies.
• Calibrating or validating other oceanographic or geological datasets with precise depth measurements.

Strengths

• Data was acquired using a high-precision Kongsberg EM2040 MKII multibeam sonar system.
• The final product is a 30-meter resolution grid, providing detailed spatial coverage of the survey area.
• Processing was conducted using industry-standard software (CARIS HIPS and SIPS, QIMERA).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and internal structure require manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the GeoTIFF file.
• The dataset carries a specific warning against use for navigational purposes, limiting its application scope.

Provenance

Source

Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO) via the Hydroscheme Industry Partnership Program (HIPP).

Collection Method

Contracted survey using multibeam sonar, processed with specialized hydrographic software.

Time Range

18 Aug 2023 – 15 Oct 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06 04 06:11:57.439875; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cape Fourcroy (West) area, Australia.