SI 1004 Western Approaches to Torres Strait, QLD. (HIPP) Bathymetry Acquisition (20200021S)
<div>The Western Approaches to Torres Strait Bathymetry survey was acquired for the Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO) onboard the MV Pacific Conquest, an unmanned vehicle USV and VH-VEH Cessna 441 aircraft during the period 29 October 2020 – 21 February 2021. </div><div>This is a contracted survey conducted for the Australian Hydrographic Office by Fugro Australia Marine as part of the Hydroscheme Industry Partnership Program (HIPP). </div><div>The survey area is east of the Western approaches to the Torres Strait. </div><div>Bathymetry data was acquired using a Kongsberg EM2040 (Dual/Single Head and Dual swath), EM2040P and LADS HD+ and RIEGL VQ-820-G systems and processed using CARIS HIPS & SIPS 11.3.17, LADS HD+ GS, RiWorld processing software. </div><div>The dataset was then exported as a 30m resolution, 32 bit floating point GeoTIFF grid of the survey area.</div><div>This dataset is not to be used for navigational purposes.</div>
Data and resources
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Western approaches to Torres Strait, QLD (HIPP SI 1004) Bathymetry 2020 30m 32.4 MBZIP Open
Additional information
| DOI | https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/147825 |
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| Temporal extent | 2020-10-29 – 2021-02-21 |
| Vertical extent | -13.7 – -39.4 m |
| Date (creation) | 2023-04-03 |
| Date (publication) | 2023-07-28 |
| Status | onGoing |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| Projects | Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography, Bathymetry |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-05 |
| Created | 2026-11-05 |
| API | package_show |