Kerguelen Plateau bathymetry
This dataset provides the new high-resolution bathymetry model for the Kerguelen Plateau and south-west Indian Ocean, called kerg_dem (short for Kergulen digital elevation model). The 100 metre-resolution gridded bathymetry dataset covers an area of about 736,000 km2, which also includes the land elevation coverage for the Heard and McDonald Islands, and Kerguelen Island. This page provides the data in a range of formats for public download.

Copyright Notice

NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION.

Additional content (report, data, metadata) can be obtained at the Geoscience Australia website.

If using the data for publications, please quote the following reference:

  • Beaman, R.J., and O'Brien, P.E., 2011, Kerguelen Plateau Bathymetric Grid, November 2010. Record 2011/22. Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia, pp. 18. (internal link here)

Poster presented at the 3rd International Forum on the Sub-Antarctic, 1-2 Aug 2011, Hobart, Australia:

Movie

Google Earth

kerg_dem_google

Widescreen images

kergdem_north_s
kergdem_northwest_s

GeoTIFF images

kergdem_geotif_s

Grid data (V1.0, 02 November 2010)

kergdem_dem_s

Line data

kergdem_line_s

Metadata