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Geoscience Australia (GA) content within Key Ecological Features
Id | Region | Name | Size | sediment grab and core samples [SG] |
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187 | Coral Sea | Reefs, cays and herbivorous fish of the Marion Plateau | 2,689.48 | |
188 | Coral Sea | Reefs, cays and herbivorous fish of the Queensland Plateau | 16,584.99 | |
189 | Coral Sea | Tasmantid seamount chain | 8,718.78 | |
215 | North | Carbonate bank and terrace system of the Van Diemen Rise | 31,278.22 | |
217 | North | Gulf of Carpentaria basin | 205,542.86 | |
218 | North | Gulf of Carpentaria coastal zone | 43,131.86 | |
213 | North | Pinnacles of the Bonaparte Basin | 220.72 | |
211 | North | Plateaux and saddle north-west of the Wellesley Islands | 5,064.75 | |
214 | North | Shelf break and slope of the Arafura Shelf | 10,844.35 | |
212 | North | Submerged coral reefs of the Gulf of Carpentaria | 922.36 | |
216 | North | Tributary Canyons of the Arafura Depression | 10,519.44 | |
206 | North-west | Ancient coastline at 125 m depth contour | 16,189.79 | |
198 | North-west | Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island and surrounding Commonwealth waters | 2,259.42 | |
201 | North-west | Canyons linking the Argo Abyssal Plain with the Scott Plateau | 835.65 | |
204 | North-west | Canyons linking the Cuvier Abyssal Plain and the Cape Range Peninsula | 5,391.54 | |
209 | North-west | Carbonate bank and terrace system of the Sahul Shelf | 41,157.51 |
Records - 34 Deepest: db ![]() |
210 | North-west | Commonwealth waters adjacent to Ningaloo Reef | 2,435.13 | |
200 | North-west | Continental Slope Demersal Fish Communities | 33,182.04 | |
208 | North-west | Exmouth Plateau | 49,314.14 | |
202 | North-west | Glomar Shoals | 767.84 | |
203 | North-west | Mermaid Reef and Commonwealth waters surrounding Rowley Shoals | 4,745.78 | |
205 | North-west | Pinnacles of the Bonaparte Basin | 309.46 |
Records - 13 Deepest: db ![]() |
199 | North-west | Seringapatam Reef and Commonwealth waters in the Scott Reef Complex | 2,418.64 | |
207 | North-west | Wallaby Saddle | 7,881.80 | |
234 | South-east | Big Horseshoe Canyon | 319.87 | |
232 | South-east | Bonney Coast Upwelling | 15,274.62 | |
230 | South-east | Seamounts South and east of Tasmania | 13,155.03 | |
233 | South-east | Upwelling East of Eden | 23,016.04 | |
231 | South-east | West Tasmania Canyons | 13,550.21 | |
181 | South-west | Albany Canyons group and adjacent shelf break | 7,824.06 | |
183 | South-west | Ancient coastline at 90-120m depth | 45,347.24 | |
178 | South-west | Cape Mentelle upwelling | 2,576.48 | |
174 | South-west | Commonwealth marine environment surrounding the Houtman Abrolhos Islands | 4,666.29 | |
182 | South-west | Commonwealth marine environment surrounding the Recherche Archipelago | 9,487.16 | |
177 | South-west | Commonwealth marine environment within and adjacent to Geographe Bay | 574.20 | |
176 | South-west | Commonwealth marine environment within and adjacent to the west coast inshore lagoons | 1,761.95 | |
185 | South-west | Demersal slope and associated fish communities of the Central Western Province | 111,052.38 | |
180 | South-west | Diamantina Fracture Zone | 105,121.89 | |
184 | South-west | Kangaroo Island Pool, canyons and adjacent shelf break, and Eyre Peninsula upwellings | 47,730.34 | |
179 | South-west | Naturaliste Plateau | 29,825.45 | |
175 | South-west | Perth Canyon and adjacent shelf break, and other west coast canyons | 9,244.02 | |
186 | South-west | Western rock lobster | 39,994.01 | |
190 | Temperate east | Canyons on the eastern continental slope | 5,871.03 | |
191 | Temperate east | Elizabeth and Middleton reefs | 163.37 | |
192 | Temperate east | Lord Howe seamount chain | 6,250.51 | |
193 | Temperate east | Norfolk Ridge | 69,709.29 | |
194 | Temperate east | Shelf rocky reefs | 1,991.84 | |
197 | Temperate east | Tasman Front and eddy field | 173,253.03 | |
195 | Temperate east | Tasmantid seamount chain | 23,581.74 | |
196 | Temperate east | Upwelling off Fraser Island | 12,768.24 |