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Key Ecological Features | |
| Name: | Canyons linking the Cuvier Abyssal Plain and the Cape Range Peninsula |
| Region: | North-west |
| Area: | 5,391.54 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2026-04-21 23:20 | |
The following is the list of gear types used within this region. Click on 'gear type' for a detailed report of that gear.
| Gear Type | Code | Map colour | Layers used | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ocean based acoustic current meter | OB_ACM | ■ |
CSIRO NCMI Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler data - link to layer metadata NOAA drifting buoys (map) |
Records - 682 Deepest: db,Records - 27 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata |
Records - 1 Deepest: db,Records - 1 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ | MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler | Records - 12 Deepest: db |
| seabed towed video and stills | S_TV | ■ | MNF Video Tows | Records - 2 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata SRS Bio Optical DataBase - link to layer metadata MMP Locations Depth Weighted Avg |
Records - 15 Deepest: db,Records - 1 Deepest: db,Records - 2 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
ARGO profile map - link to layer metadata Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata AIMS CTD data CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata AIMS CTD cast summary |
Records - 203 Deepest: db,Records - 22 Deepest: db,Records - 20 Deepest: db,Records - 5 Deepest: db |
| Glider | glider | ■ |
Completed Realtime Glider Deployments - link to layer metadata |
Records - 198 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
sediment surface Seabed sediments sampling MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages |
Records - 1 Deepest: db,Records - 15 Deepest: db,Records - 2 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 11 Deepest: db |
| Continuous Plankton Recorder | CPR | ■ |
CPR Plankton Colour Index Survey - link to layer metadata |
Records - 2 Deepest: db |
| midwater acoustics | MW_A | ■ |
MNF singlebeam EK60 38-120 kHz (Southern Surveyor) MNF singlebeam EK60 12kHz (Southern Surveyor) |
Records - 16 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 112° 12.6' E 22° 26.8' S to 114° 34.4' E 21° 10.9' S Refresh map
Acknowledgements: Background map - Bright Earth e-Atlas Basemap v1.0 (AIMS, GBRMPA, JCU, DSITIA, GA, UCSD, NASA, OSM, ESRI) CC BY
Time series plot (1930 to present) - Y axis is per year
Region data
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| Year | CPR | CTD | DT_S | MBS | MW_A | OB_ACM | SG | S_TV | WQ_C | XBT | glider |
| 1986 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1987 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1995 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 1996 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1999 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 3 | 23 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2002 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2003 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2005 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 150 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 2006 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2007 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
| 2010 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 198 | ||||||
| 2011 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| 2012 | 16 | 29 | |||||||||
| 2014 | 2 |