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Key Ecological Features | |
| Name: | Plateaux and saddle north-west of the Wellesley Islands |
| Region: | North |
| Area: | 5,064.75 km2 |
| Data aggregated on 2026-03-26 10:53 | |
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 |
Records - 14 Deepest: db |
| multibeam sonar | MBS | ■ | MNF singlebeam TOPAS sub-bottom profiler | Records - 289 Deepest: db |
| Water quality and chemistry | WQ_C | ■ |
CMAR Hydrology - link to layer metadata |
Records - 11 Deepest: db |
| Zooplankton samples | ZP | ■ |
The Australian Zooplankton Database (1938 onwards) - Data - link to layer metadata |
Records - 3 Deepest: db |
| sediment grab and core samples | SG | ■ |
Seabed sediments sampling CSIRO Sediment Sampling MNF Sediment Sampling sites - all voyages |
Records - 33 Deepest: db,Records - 55 Deepest: db |
| CTD sensor | CTD | ■ |
CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 33 Deepest: db |
| demersal trawl or sled | DT_S | ■ |
CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) - link to layer metadata |
Records - 20 Deepest: db |

Region extents: 138° 29.9' E 16° 30.0' S to 139° 44.0' E 15° 34.1' 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 | CTD | DT_S | MBS | OB_ACM | SG | WQ_C | ZP |
| 1968 | 1 | ||||||
| 1969 | 4 | ||||||
| 1970 | 1 | ||||||
| 1972 | 1 | ||||||
| 1973 | 1 | ||||||
| 1975 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 1976 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 1977 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1978 | 1 | ||||||
| 1984 | 7 | ||||||
| 1988 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1989 | 3 | ||||||
| 1990 | 2 | ||||||
| 1997 | 5 | ||||||
| 2005 | 32 | 289 | 14 | 12 |