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WA Coastal Secondary Compartments (DOT-015)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 08/01/2026

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Coastal compartments are structural features relating to geological features and landforms that can be used to provide a framework for planning and management of the coastline. The primary compartment boundaries for WA were determined by identifying major changes in rock type along the coast and changes in shoreline orientation, while incorporating complete landforms of coastal significance. The Primary compartments have been subdivided into secondary compartments based on landform associations. This dataset was commissioned by the Department of Planning and compiled by Damara Pty Ltd and the Geological Society of WA. A full report was also prepared to accompany the dataset, published August 2011. Some superficial changes have been made to the dataset since publication of the report in order to amalgamate the data into a nationwide compartment dataset developed by Geoscience Australia.

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Title WA Coastal Secondary Compartments (DOT-015)
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/ddbdc35c-2731-490c-af44-d95a5b66ff17
Remote Last Updated 05/01/2026
Contact Point
Department of Transport
cdc@transport.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 20/01/2016
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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    [
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        112.90041305300008,
        -35.16115786199998
      ],
      [
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        -35.16115786199998
      ],
      [
        129.01997757700008,
        -13.329482879999944
      ],
      [
        112.90041305300008,
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      ],
      [
        112.90041305300008,
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      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Western Australia Government "WA Coastal Secondary Compartments (DOT-015)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/wa-coastal-secondary-compartments