ARMADA

Provider: All providers
Key Ecological Features
Name:	Shelf break and slope of the Arafura Shelf
Region:	North
Area:	10,844.35 km²
Data aggregated on 2025-09-17 18:03

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 Provider: cmar Layer: mnf:adcp_public_data - link to layer metadata	Records - 142 Deepest: db
eXpendable BathyThermograph	XBT	■	XBT Profile Data Provider: imos Layer: imos:soop_xbt_dm_profile_map - link to layer metadata IMOS SOOP Expandable Bathythermographs (XBT) Research Group - XBT real-time data	Records - 1 Deepest: db
Water quality and chemistry	WQ_C	■	CMAR Hydrology Provider: cmar Layer: mnf:HYDROLOGY_HEADER_AODN_VIEW - link to layer metadata CSIRO NCMI Hydrology Data Overview (1942 - present)	Records - 10 Deepest: db
sediment grab and core samples	SG	■	Seabed sediments sampling Provider: ga-marine Layer: marine:seabed_sediments_collection	Records - 26 Deepest: db
CTD sensor	CTD	■	CMAR CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) Provider: cmar Layer: mnf:CTD_HEADER_AODN_VIEW - link to layer metadata CSIRO NCMI CTD Data Overview (1982 - present) AIMS CTD data Provider: aodn Layer: aodn:aodn_aims_ctd_map AIMS CTD cast summary Provider: aims Layer: aims:ctd_cast_summary	Records - 15 Deepest: db,Records - 8 Deepest: db,Records - 8 Deepest: db
demersal trawl or sled	DT_S	■	CMAR Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current) Provider: cmar Layer: cmar:CATCH_HEADER_AODN_VIEW - link to layer metadata CSIRO NCMI Catch Operations Data overview (1965 to current)	Records - 11 Deepest: db

Region extents: 129° 05.1' E 10° 25.1' S to 131° 07.4' E 9° 43.2' 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

ARMADA - Region Report