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Sea turtle nesting areas

Created 05/05/2025

Updated 05/05/2025

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This mapping identifies known beaches and surrounding rocky coastlines that are nesting areas for sea turtles that are listed as 'threatened' wildlife defined under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA).Nesting areas in this mapping are categorised as:- very significant - over 40% of the species or genetic stock rely on the nesting area- significant - over 1% of the species or genetic stock rely on the nesting area- present - below 1% of the species or genetic stock rely on the nesting area

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Sea turtle nesting areas
Language English
Licence cc-by-4
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/7323acc2-ca46-43c4-9f1a-d2a7e09ceb3b
Remote Last Updated 20/02/2023
Contact Point
Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
opendata@des.qld.gov.au
Reference Period 07/07/2022
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        96.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        96.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        168.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        168.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        96.0,
        -45.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Queensland Government

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Queensland Government "Sea turtle nesting areas". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/sea-turtle-nesting-areas