Coastal Environment Geoscience of Cape York Peninsula

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

The NR14, Coastal Environment Geoscience Survey project utilises a wide variety of information and techniques to compile the basic coastal geoscientific information necessary for the development of a land use strategy for Cape York Peninsula. The report therefore provides a statement of the methodology employed, together with results of the data analyses undertaken and coastal geoscience GIS coverages completed to date. The project was undertaken to produce a geoscientific synthesis of the evolution and character of the coastal zone of Cape York Peninsula to include:

assessment of the oceanographic and meteorological processes affecting the coastal area; documentation of the character of coastal environments and the nature of sedimentary deposits within them; analysis of Holocene evolution of the coastal zone; identification of areas of significant instability; and consideration of issues relevant to sustainable use.

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Title Coastal Environment Geoscience of Cape York Peninsula
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/33e6575e-3596-4092-b48c-789877790608
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        141.0,
        -16.0
      ],
      [
        145.5,
        -16.0
      ],
      [
        145.5,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        141.0,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        141.0,
        -16.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Coastal Environment Geoscience of Cape York Peninsula". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/coastal-environment-geoscience-of-cape-york-peninsula1