Australia Maritime Jurisdiction Map with Continental Shelf Boundaries

Geoscience Australia Data provides a thematic map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction and extended continental shelf approved in 2008. The A0-sized PDF is one of 27 constituent maps in the national Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series, with a background derived from bathymetric and topographic grids.

Use Cases

• Analyze the approved extended continental shelf boundaries for maritime legal and policy research.
• Use the bathymetric background layer derived from GA and Smith and Sandwell grids for marine geology studies.
• Reference the thematic map's administrative boundaries for coastal and marine spatial planning.
• Integrate the map as a base layer for GIS analysis of Australia's Marine Jurisdiction.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized national map series comprising 27 constituent maps.
• Based on authoritative data, including the continental shelf limits approved by the CLCS in April 2008.
• Background incorporates combined bathymetric data from Geoscience Australia's 2009 grid and a 1997 scientific grid.

Limitations

• Data is static and does not include updates to jurisdiction or boundaries after 2008.
• Map excludes territories such as Cocos Island and subantarctic areas, limiting geographic completeness.
• Available only as a PDF or HTML, requiring extraction for geospatial analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation for a published thematic map series.

Time Range

Continental shelf boundaries reflect approval status as of April 2008.

Freshness

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Geography

Maritime jurisdiction around the Australian continent.