Coasts and marine

Fly through Australia's oceans

Many people imagine the seabed to be a flat, featureless place. In fact, the seabed surrounding Australia is crowded with networks of canyons, undersea mountains, plateaus and trenches.

Mapping our undersea environment

Thanks to detailed mapping of our undersea environment, we can now explore some of these features in animated 'flythroughs' of the underwater landscape.

Australia's ocean landscape

South Australia's underwater Murray canyons

Torres Strait underwater landscape

South-east Marine Region - Macquarie Island

South-east Marine Region - Tasman shelf

The seafloor landscape of Perth

Discover more about our amazing oceans