Ramsar Wetlands of Australia
Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- License
- Attribution
- Commercial
- Yes
- Format
- GeoJSON, Shapefile
- Coverage
- Australia
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 29 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Irregular
Australia designated Cobourg Peninsula, the world's first Ramsar site, after the convention was signed in Iran on 2 February 1971.
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Source and attribution
- Publisher
- Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- License
- Attribution
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- Yes
- Modification allowed
- Yes
- Redistribution allowed
- Yes
- Share-alike
- No
- Region
- AustraliaAU
- Type
- Vector
- Service
- ArcGIShttps://gis.environment.gov.au/gispubmap/rest/services/ogc_services/Ramsar_Wetlands/MapServerWMShttps://gis.environment.gov.au/gispubmap/services/ogc_services/Ramsar_Wetlands/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
- Extent
- 112.9-43.7153.7-9.1West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.
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