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Marine Data Register (MDR)

Created 26/03/2026

Updated 26/03/2026

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The Marine Data Register (MDR) is a database used by the National Seabed Mapping Section at Geoscience Australia to store metadata for Australian seabed mapping data, including bathymetry and geophysical data. It includes an interface to allow external users to submit metadata to support centralised data-discovery, regardless of where the data itself is held. The MDR is a lifecycle management system which documents the acquisition, registration, processing, publication, and decommissioning of data. It powers data search in the public-facing AusSeabed Marine Data Portal and the Query Builder to facilitate the storage and discovery of publicly available and GA-held (non-publicly available) seabed datasets.

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Title Marine Data Register (MDR)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/6a835ad6-f472-41dd-b8d0-3ac2b2af9d8b
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 30/09/1945
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        45.0,
        -90.0
      ],
      [
        168.0,
        -90.0
      ],
      [
        168.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        45.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        45.0,
        -90.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Marine Data Register (MDR)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/marine-data-register-mdr