Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map with Extended Continental Shelf

Australia's maritime jurisdiction around the continent, excluding Cocos Island and subantarctic territories. The map depicts the extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789) and uses bathymetric imagery from Geoscience Australia and NASA.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundaries based on the depicted jurisdiction and continental shelf.
• Visualize bathymetric data based on the combined grid from Geoscience Australia and Smith and Sandwell.
• Reference legal maritime claims based on the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf approval.
• Produce cartographic materials based on the A0-sized PDF map format.

Strengths

• Based on the extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008.
• Integrates bathymetric data from the 2009 9 arc second grid by Geoscience Australia and a grid by Smith and Sandwell, 1997.
• Part of a structured series of 27 constituent maps (GeoCat 71789).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, as it excludes Cocos Island and subantarctic territories.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation from bathymetric and topographic grids.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 04:31:43.486860; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Maritime jurisdiction around the Australian continent.