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HI24 \ SAIBAI ISLAND - TORRES STRAIT (Digital Bathymetry)

Citation information

ANZLIC unique identifier: ANZCW0099021090

Title: HI24 \ SAIBAI ISLAND - TORRES STRAIT (Digital Bathymetry)

Originator:

Custodian: HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE RAN - Australian Hydrographic Office

Jurisdiction: Australia

Description

Abstract:

DIGITAL BATHYMETRY provides a generalised detail of the seabed of the Continental Shelf as a base for offshore research, exploration, development and management.

ANZLIC search words:

• MARINE Coasts
• MARINE Estuaries
• MARINE Reefs
• OCEANOGRAPHY
• TRANSPORTATION Marine
• MARINE Human Impacts

Geographic extent name: Queensland, north - TORRES STRAIT (AUS/Australia/Australia)

Geographic bounding box:

• North Bounding Coordinate: -9.2392372
• South Bounding Coordinate: -9.438973
• East Bounding Coordinate: 142.4254688
• West Bounding Coordinate: 142.290383

Data currency

Beginning date: 1996-09-12

Ending date: 1997-02-13

Dataset status

Progress: Complete

Maintenance and update frequency: As required

Access

Stored data format:

DIGITAL and NON DIGITAL - MANUSCRIPTS, HTF (Header, Survey boundaries, Soundings)

Available format type:

DIGITAL, HTF (Header, Survey boundaries, Soundings)

Access constraints:

COPYRIGHT COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Data quality

Lineage:

Airborne Data Acquisition System - ADAS Version x, Ground Analysis Sub System - GASS Version E11.0/002

Positional accuracy:

Coordinate system=GRID > GEOGRAPHIC, Grid system=UTM, Grid zone=54, Central meridian=141

Attribute accuracy:

Variable - Contact custodian for details.

Logical consistency:

THIS DATA IS NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION PURPOSES

Completeness:

Total valid soundings/ Total soundings=15883/15889

Contact information

Contact organisation: HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE RAN - Australian Hydrographic Office

Contact position: Manager Licensing and Contracts

Postal address: Locked Bag 8801

City: Wollongong

State: NSW

Postcode: 2500

Country: Australia

Telephone: 02-4223 6640

Facsimile: 02 42236599

Electronic mail address: hydro.licensing@defence.gov.au

Metadata information

Metadata date: 2003-03-10

Metadata reference: http://www.hydro.gov.au/asdd/source/ANZCW0099021090.html

Additional metadata

Equipment: DEPTH SOUNDERS, TIDAL STATIONS

Programme Name: Hydroscheme: the RAN Hydrographic Service programme of surveying and charting - HI240

Spheroid: WGS84

Datum: LAT

Other keywords:

• Tides

Additional: Barcode=100027513, SD-001,2,3 Ran Digital Soundings (1=LADS, 2= GEOCOMP TERRAMODEL, 3= HYPRO)