IMAS Metadata Catalogue
Reefs and shoals - Queensland
This dataset displays the reefs and shoals within Queensland maritime waters.
Names have been sourced from numerous locations and attributes within the data describe the source of the names. Name sources include but not limited to:
- Queensland Place Names Database
- Great Barrier Reef Base Mapping
- Geoscience Australia 1:100000 Topographic Mapping
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Identification info
- Alternate title
- Reefs and shoals
- Date (Creation)
- 2015-03-26
- Date (Revision)
- 2025-08-22
Owner
Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development, QLD Government
- Purpose
- To provide digital data displaying Queensland’s reef system (includes terms: bank, bar, reef, shallows, shoal, spit). The primary objective of this dataset is to provide a cartographic portrayal of Queensland's natural features and should be interpreted and utilised correctly. It is suitable for use in land administration, emergency management, topographic mapping and in the production of web-based mapping applications.
- Credit
- State of Queensland (Department of Resources) 2025.
- Status
- On going
Point of contact
Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development, QLD Government
1 William Street
Brisbane
Queensland
4000
Australia
- Topic category
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- Boundaries
- Geoscientific information
Extent
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2009-01-01 2025-08-22
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
Resource format
- Title
- ESRI Shapefile
- Date
- Edition
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- Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
- Keywords (Theme)
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- Benthic habitat
Resource specific usage
- Specific usage
- Data supplied for use by the Seamap Australia Project.
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Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Other constraints
- Cite data as: State of Queensland (Department of Resources) (2025). Reefs and shoals - Queesland. Data accessed at http://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?uuid=67CF718C-880D-4DA9-AD12-D4BB8476E4D4 on (access date).
- Other constraints
- This dataset is hosted by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, on behalf of the Department of Resources, Queensland Government for the purposes of Seamap Australia (testing a national marine benthic habitat classification scheme).
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
- Description
- Appended to original data for styling purposes for the Seamap Australia Project.
- Name
- Benthic habitat
- Name
- SM_HAB_CLS
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- ESRI Shapefile
- OnLine resource
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SHAPE-ZIP
DATA ACCESS - This OGC WFS service returns the data (QLD reefs and shoals) in Shapefile format.
- OnLine resource
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seamap:SeamapAus_QLD_reefs_shoals
MAP - QLD reefs and shoals
Data quality info
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Report
- Measure description
- This dataset is derived from the Coastline and State Border - Queensland dataset. The accuracy of that dataset is as follows: Queensland Orthophotography +/- 2.5m, Spot Satellite Imagery +/- 5m.
Report
- Measure description
- Capture is complete is most areas and agrees with Topographic Data Product Description requirements.
Report
- Measure description
- Data should be free from overshoots, undershoots, duplicate lines and agree with Topographic Data Product Description requirements with a 5% error status
Report
- Measure description
- Attribution is completed and agrees with Topographic Data Product Description requirements.
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Names have been sourced from numerous locations and attributes within the data describe the source of the names. Name sources include but not limited to: - Queensland Place Names Database - Great Barrier Reef Base Mapping - Geoscience Australia 1:100000 Topographic Mapping Feature Types: REEF - An area of rock or coral, lying near the surface of the sea – may be visible at low tide, but is usually covered by water (includes term: Great Barrier Reef) SHOAL - An area of sand or mud, lying near the surface of the sea – may be visible at low tide, but is usually covered by water (includes terms: Bank, Bar, Shallows, Spit (those covered by water)) Attributes: FEATURE_TYPE (Feature Type) - Unique feature type that identifies the type of feature. e.g. Island Group NAME (Name) - The name of the feature ALTERNATE_NAME (Alternate Name) - An alternate name of the feature if available from the Queensland Place Names Database, otherwise left blank. ATTRIBUTE_SOURCE (Attribute Source) - The source map or data where the name of the feature was obtained from. ATTRIBUTE_DATE (Attribute Date) - Date of the source map or data where the name of the feature was obtained from. FEATURE_SOURCE (Feature Source) - The source imagery, map, or data that the spatial location and shape of the of the feature was obtained from. FEATURE_DATE (Feature Date) - Date of the source imagery, map, or data that the spatial location and shape of the feature was obtained from. GBRMPA_REEF_ID (GBRMPA Reef ID) - Unique identifier allocated to a reef by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority RELATIONSHIP (Relationship) - Relationship to sea level.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG/GDA94 / Geoscience Australia Lambert (EPSG:3112)
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/67CF718C-880D-4DA9-AD12-D4BB8476E4D4
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/67CF718C-880D-4DA9-AD12-D4BB8476E4D4
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2020-09-23T12:35:31
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-09-11T15:49:41
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
Overviews
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Associated resources
Not available