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Bathymetric data collected from Australian Antarctic vessels from 1985-2012

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This dataset consists of underway data, including bathymetric data, collected aboard Australian Antarctic Division research vessels between 1985 and 2012. The data are available in csv format and the raw SIMRAD format. In the csv files bathymetric data is in the WTR_DEPTH_M column. Some voyages will not have bathymetric data associated with them. The csv data may have been quality checked. Most of the underway data was quality checked ('dot zapped') up to and including voyage 4 2003/04. Data quality reports are available by searching at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/voyages/ Other than on Marine Science voyages, the Aurora Australis bathymetric data gathering procedures prior to about 2000 were not checked during the voyage. The echo sounder was turned on in Hobart and if it stopped working during the voyage, then there was no one to get it going again. Bathymetric data from these voyages that has been processed by the Royal Australian Navy is available via other metadata records linked to the parent record with ID AAD_voyage_soundings.

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Title Bathymetric data collected from Australian Antarctic vessels from 1985-2012
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/2daa5cf7-17de-45e3-82a5-704178526265
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1985 - 30/04/2012
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        30.0,
        -70.0
      ],
      [
        170.0,
        -70.0
      ],
      [
        170.0,
        -42.0
      ],
      [
        30.0,
        -42.0
      ],
      [
        30.0,
        -70.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Bathymetric data collected from Australian Antarctic vessels from 1985-2012". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/bathymetric-data-collected-from-australian-antarctic-vessels-from-1985-20121