FK150301 Henderson Perth Canyon to Henderson Bathymetry 2015 (4441/20150012S)

The FK150301 bathymetry Survey/Acquisition was acquired by University of Western Australia onboard the Research Vessel Falkor during the period 1st of March 2015 to 12th March 2015 using the Sensor/Instrument Kongsberg EM302 (30 kHz), EM710 (30 kHz)

A primary goal for the mission was to run ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) surveys at various depths to assess what animals might be found, their abundance, and the best sites for more focused research. The researchers expected to find a range of species including corals, sponges, sea fans, sea pens, urchins, sea stars, and large fish including sharks. While researchers had ideas of what they would see, having never actually explored the canyon there was no telling what they might find. Species new to science are always a possibility, especially during deeper dives.

Appropriate acknowledgment must be given to both the original scientists (Professor Malcolm McCulloch)( https://www.marine-geo.org/tools/search/DataSets.php?data_set_uids=22296,22297) and to the Marine Geoscience Data System (www.marine-geo.org).


This dataset is published with the permission of the CEO, Geoscience Australia.


Not to be used for navigational purposes

Simple

Identification info

Date (Creation)
2025-10-15
Date (Publication)
2025-10-24
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/150712

Identifier

Code
10.26186/150712
Codespace

doi.org

Description

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Publisher

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Author

Mcculloch, M.

 External Contact
Purpose

To derive seabed information for the purpose of supporting the sustainable use of our marine environment and jurisdiction; strengthening our resilience to natural hazards and enabling location-based decisions and actions through best practice digital mapping, Earth observations and precise positioning.

Status
Completed
Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Resource provider

Place and Communities Division

 Internal Contact
Point of contact

Pham, Q.

 Internal Contact
Custodian

Schmidt Ocean Institute

 Voice
Owner

Schmidt Ocean Institute

 Voice
Principal investigator

Mcculloch, M.

 External Contact
Collaborator

University of Western Australia
Spatial representation type
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

Extent

N
S
E
W


Temporal element

Time period
2015-03-01 2015-03-12

Vertical element

Minimum value
-774
Maximum value
340

Identifier

Code
3855
Codespace

EPSG

Version

12

Description

EGM2008 geoid height (EPSG:3855)

Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

Resource format

Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

Protocol

FILE:DATA-DIRECTORY

Name of the resource

Data Store directory containing the digital product files

Description

Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes

Project

  • AusSeabed

  • Resourcing Australia's Prosperity

  • Australia-wide geoscience data

  • Offshore Mapping

Keywords

  • Marine

Keywords

  • Bathymetry

Platform

  • RV Falkor

Instrument

  • multi-beam echosounders

Keywords

  • Indian Ocean

theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf

  • EARTH SCIENCES

Keywords

  • Published_External

Resource constraints

Title

Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 International

Alternate title

CC BY

Edition

4.0

Website

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Addressee
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
User

Any
Use constraints
License
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

(c) Schmidt Ocean Institute 2025

Resource constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/pspf-annual-release

Classification
Unclassified
Classification system

Australian Government Security Classification System

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

OnLine resource

FK150301 Henderson Perth Canyon to Henderson Bathymetry 2015 (4441/20150012S) (zip) [144.1 MB]

FK150301 Henderson Perth Canyon to Henderson Bathymetry 2015 (4441/20150012S) (zip) [144.1 MB]

Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice

Resource lineage

Statement

The FK150301 Survey, 20150012S was acquired by University of Western Australia onboard the RV Falkor/Kongsberg EM302 and EM710 from the 1st of March 2015 to 12th March 2015. The Professor onboard was Malcolm McCulloch.


This product follows the recommended processing methodology as prescribed by the AusSeabed Multibeam Guidelines.

Please note that certain products are subject to routine update (e.g. resolution, coverage, temporal variation, guidelines/best practice).

The client is advised to refer to the latest version of all documents and products for the most up-to-date material. 

The Metadata/Catalogue record expresses the version in the record title whilst products incorporate date of production as per AusSeabed’s file naming convention.


Processing methodology:

This dataset was produced using CARIS HIPS & SIPS and the AusSeabed-recommended processing methodology as follows.


1. A new Caris project was created in conjunction with existing or newly created vessel configuration file(s).

2. The raw swath sonar data files were imported to the project. GGK is the preferred navigation and ellipsoid height source.

3. The POSMV data files were imported to the project to bring in delayed heave, delayed heave RMS.

4. Post-processed POS MV data in POSPAC 8.3.

5. Applied SBETS to data in CARIS (PPK Solution).

6. TPU and GPS tide were computed and all data were georeferenced (merged) to Ellipsoid datum.

7. A CUBE was generated as a reference surface for data cleaning.

8. An automated data cleaning using the surface cleaning method with the reference surface was undertaken.

9. Further manual cleaning was conducted as required after visual assessment.

10. The final grid was produced at an optimum resolution of 2m.

11. At Geoscience Australia, the received GeoTIFF was shifted to EGM2008 using AusCoastVDT and CARIS HIPS and SIPS.

12. The final processed grids were exported as a 32-bit floating point GeoTIFF at 2m resolution, referenced to EGM2008. 


This dataset is not to be used for any navigation purposes.

Reference System Information

Identifier

Code
4326
Codespace

EPSG

Version

12

Description

WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)

Hierarchy level
Collection hardware

Platform

Identifier

Code
RV Falkor

Instrument

Identifier

Code
Simrad EM710
Type

multi-beam echosounders

Instrument

Identifier

Code
Simrad EM302
Type

multi-beam echosounders

Metadata constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/pspf-annual-release

Classification
Unclassified

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/d3448403-1811-4e87-b132-2bec2314a03d

Title

GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Owner

Pham, Q.

 Internal Contact
Point of contact

Pham, Q.

 Internal Contact

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/150712

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/api/records/d3448403-1811-4e87-b132-2bec2314a03d

Date info (Creation)
2026-03-25T05:32:09.21Z
Date info (Creation)
2026-03-25T00:32:54.896Z
Date info (Creation)
2025-12-05T05:39:47.222Z
Date info (Creation)
2025-10-16T23:54:20.372Z
Date info (Revision)
2026-06-21T22:25:59.338Z

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

Title

Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

Edition

Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W


Keywords

AusSeabed Australia-wide geoscience data Offshore Mapping RV Falkor Resourcing Australia's Prosperity multi-beam echosounders
theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
EARTH SCIENCES

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