THIS WEBPAGE IS A DRAFT/UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Normanby Island is part of the Franklin Islands to the south-east of Cairns. It has a fringing coral reef. We laid underwater transects and took aerial drone photographs on Sunday 29th November, 2020.
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Table 1. Scale Profile, Normanby Island Reef
The position is relative to sea level at the time the photograph was taken in metres, so +120 metres is this height above the coral reef, and -1 metres (to be added) is a photograph taken at this depth below the water.Position | @Crest | @Lagoon |
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Date | 29 Nov 2020 | 29 Nov 2020 |
Time | 12:09 | 12:06 |
Latitude | 17.211845° S | 17.212752° S |
Longitude | 146.075588° E | 146.076253° E |
Google Earth | ![]() | ![]() |
+120 m Legal drone limit | ![]() | ![]() |
+40 m | ![]() | ![]() |
+20 m | ![]() | ![]() |
+10 m | ![]() | ![]() |
+5 m | ![]() | ![]() |
Table 2. Horizontal Photographic Transects at Normanby
Date: 29 Nov 2020Time: 10:55-11:21
Starting location: (° S, ° E)
Habitat:
Depth | Rep | @1m | @2m | @3m | @4m | @5m | @6m | @7m | @8m | @9m | @10m |
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2 m | 1 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
2 m | 2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
5 m | 1 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
5 m | 2 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
5 m | 3 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Underwater transect photographs by Shaun Frichette, drone aerials by Stuart Ireland.