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Australian Beach Safety and Management Database Program (ABSAMP)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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The database contains geographical and physical information about all the Australian open coast beaches, as well as some of the larger bays around the coastline. The database is complete for over 11,000 beaches around Australia. The survey data collected includes: number of beaches, beach location, zoning, beach type/rating, roads/town, beach geomorphology, beach morphodynamics, access/facilities, barrier/drainage key, maps and air photos and beach sediment. Sediment samples (~4000) of both beach and dune sands were also collected during the development of the database. This data resides with Geoscience Australia in Canberra.

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Title Australian Beach Safety and Management Database Program (ABSAMP)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/201e4b0a-bf14-42fa-bb70-f62716f1a957
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
sdaw@slsa.asn.au
Reference Period 01/01/1990 - 01/01/2004
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        140.0,
        -43.0
      ],
      [
        150.0,
        -43.0
      ],
      [
        150.0,
        -37.5
      ],
      [
        140.0,
        -37.5
      ],
      [
        140.0,
        -43.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Australian Beach Safety and Management Database Program (ABSAMP)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/australian-beach-safety-and-management-database-program-absamp1