NSW seabed reef extent derived from marine lidar, multibeam and aerial imagery

Rocky reef polygons were delineated from bathymetry data for the NSW seabed. Bathymetry data was sourced from marine lidar data, multibeam echosounder data and aerial imagery. Reef polygons were extracted from the seabed landforms polygons for the statewide marine lidar and multibeam surveys for Wollongong and Shellharbour (See below for associated SEED records). For the remaining areas, reef polygons were sourced from the ‘NSW subtidal marine habitat layer’ on SEED which included reef polygons manually digitised from multibeam surveys acquired from 2005-2017.

Sources of reef polygons: https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/nsw-seabed-landforms-derived-from-marine-lidar-data-2022 https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/wollongong-seabed-landforms-derived-from-mbes-data-2022 https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/shellharbour-seabed-landforms-derived-from-mbes-data-2022 https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/nsw-marine-habitat-data

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Additional Info

Metadata template type Vector
Asset Type Dataset
Parent seabed-nsw
Edition 1
Purpose Coastal and marine management and research
Update Frequency As needed
OEH Service Coastal Hazards and Flood Risks
Keywords MARINE,MARINE-Coasts,MARINE-Geology-and-Geophysics,MARINE-Reefs
Geospatial Topic
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
Geospatial Coverage

Dataset extent

Temporal Coverage From 2005-01-01 - 2018-12-01
Datum GDA 2020 / MGA Zone 56
Licence Creative Commons Attribution
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