One constituent map from the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series depicts the extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008. The background combines a 2009 bathymetric and topographic grid with a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell, and land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble. It is an A0-sized PDF downloadable from the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Visualize maritime jurisdictional boundaries based on the depicted continental shelf.
- Analyze bathymetric data based on the combined background grids.
- Reference official maritime limits for legal or policy work based on the Commission-approved boundaries.
- Integrate geospatial layers based on the Blue Marble land imagery.
Strengths
- Map is part of an official series (GeoCat 71789) from the Australian Ocean Data Network.
- Background bathymetry combines a 2009 9 arc second grid with a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell.
- Land imagery is derived from NASA's Blue Marble.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- The map excludes Cocos Island, subantarctic territories, and the Australian Antarctic Territory.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 15:54:26.002111; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Maritime jurisdiction around the Australian continent