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Key Ecological Features | |
| Name: | Ancient coastline at 125 m depth contour |
| Region: | North-west |
| Area: | 16,189.79 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2026-04-06 00:45 | |
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 - 814 Deepest: db,Records - 38 Deepest: db |
| eXpendable BathyThermograph | XBT | ■ |
XBT Profile Data - link to layer metadata CMAR XBT profiles - link to layer metadata |
Records - 7 Deepest: db,Records - 19 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ | MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler | Records - 17 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata MMP Locations Depth Weighted Avg |
Records - 141 Deepest: db,Records - 9 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 178 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata AIMS CTD data AIMS CTD cast summary |
Records - 124 Deepest: db,Records - 86 Deepest: db,Records - 12 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
Seabed sediments sampling MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages sediment surface |
Records - 88 Deepest: db,Records - 2 Deepest: db,Records - 1 Deepest: db |
| Continuous Plankton Recorder | CPR | ■ |
CPR Plankton Colour Index Survey - link to layer metadata |
Records - 30 Deepest: db |
| remote or autonomous underwater video | R.A_UV | ■ |
IMOS - Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Facility trajectory map - link to layer metadata |
Records - 1 Deepest: db |
| midwater acoustics | MW_A | ■ |
MNF singlebeam EK60 38-120 kHz (Southern Surveyor) MNF singlebeam EK60 12kHz (Southern Surveyor) |
Records - 100 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 114° 09.8' E 21° 37.4' S to 124° 49.5' E 13° 13.4' 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 | R.A_UV | SG | WQ_C | XBT |
| 1966 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1967 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||
| 1968 | 3 | 22 | ||||||||
| 1969 | 4 | |||||||||
| 1972 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1973 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1974 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1976 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1978 | 10 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1979 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1980 | 15 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1982 | 19 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1983 | 27 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1986 | 10 | |||||||||
| 1987 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 1988 | 9 | |||||||||
| 1989 | 8 | |||||||||
| 1990 | 10 | |||||||||
| 1991 | 10 | |||||||||
| 1993 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1994 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1995 | 11 | 10 | 210 | 3 | 107 | |||||
| 1996 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1997 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1999 | 1 | 48 | 8 | |||||||
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 2001 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2003 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2005 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| 2006 | 12 | 63 | ||||||||
| 2007 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 6 | ||||||
| 2008 | 16 | |||||||||
| 2009 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2011 | 6 | 125 | 3 | |||||||
| 2012 | 24 | 53 | 60 | 1 | ||||||
| 2013 | 47 | 51 |