SSCN SEGMENT 2-B: Bathymetry Survey of Western Eyre Marine Park

Western Eyre Marine Park bathymetry data collected during a subsea cable route survey in April 2024. The survey was conducted by EGS onboard the RV Bold Explorer, involving calibration of multibeam echosounders and investigation of seabed features and shallow geology. This dataset is not to be used for navigational purposes.

Use Cases

• Modeling seabed topography based on bathymetric survey data
• Assessing seafloor conditions for subsea cable route planning based on the described survey purpose
• Analyzing shallow geology features mentioned in the survey description

Strengths

• Survey involved specific calibration procedures for positioning and multibeam echosounders on April 19-20, 2024
• Data collection is confined to the Western Eyre Marine Park, providing geographic focus

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
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Survey conducted by EGS onboard RV Bold Explorer using multibeam echosounders and geotechnical sampling

Time Range

Survey operations occurred in April 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 02:45:01.187453; freshness should be verified

Geography

Western Eyre Marine Park, Australia