Metadata : Northern Territory Shipwreck Database

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Name:AS/NZS ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata, ANZLIC Metadata Profile

Version:1.0

Date Metadata Extracted:2025-05-08

Date Metadata Last Updated:2007-12-04

Current URL (HTML format) : http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=406B86426E0F39ACE040CD9B21446E03

Current URL (XML format) : http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=xml&metadata_id=406B86426E0F39ACE040CD9B21446E03


Citation

ANZLIC Identifier:406B86426E0F39ACE040CD9B21446E03

Title: Northern Territory Shipwreck Database

Citation Date:1990-11-01

Date Type:creation

Custodian:Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade


Description

Abstract:

Northern Territory shipwreck database (NTSD) contains information relating to all known shipwrecks in Northen Territory waters, including portions of the Arafura and Timor Seas, Gulf of Carpentaria and the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. The database also contains submerged aircraft wrecks such as Catalina flying boats from WWII.

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Language:English

Character Set: Latin 1

Progress:onGoing

Maintenance and Update Frequency:continual

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Access Constraint:Data avaliable for Internal Government use.
Data can be used externally but custodian must be contacted first to arrange access and a data licence agreement.
Copyright must be acknowledged to the "Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory".


Data Quality

Lineage:This data is collected and collated from historical sources (i.e. newspapers, journals, diaries, letters etc.), field survey and from information provided by the public (i.e. fishers, divers and recreational boating).

Positional Accuracy:The locational data is dependent on the quality of the original source and can vary accordingly (i.e. historical newspaper source is generally less accurate than a divers GPS record or a field survey).

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Contacts

NameOrganisationPositionRolePhoneFaxEmail
Gavin DallyDepartment of Industry, Tourism and TradeSenior Collections Manager, Natural Sciences, MAGNTcustodian08 8999 824708 8999 8289gavin.dally@nt.gov.au

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