Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction around Cocos and Christmas Islands

A map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction zones around the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series, showing the extended continental shelf approved in April 2008, treaties, and various maritime zones. The background bathymetry combines data from Geoscience Australia's 2009 grid and Smith and Sandwell's 1997 grid.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundaries and territorial claims based on depicted jurisdiction zones.
• Study the extent of the continental shelf based on the 2008 Commission-approved limits.
• Visualize ocean floor topography for the region based on the combined bathymetric background.
• Reference treaty-defined maritime zones for legal or diplomatic research.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps providing consistent jurisdictional mapping.
• Integrates authoritative bathymetric data from Geoscience Australia (2009) and Smith and Sandwell (1997).
• Based on the extended continental shelf limits formally approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.
• Data is provided as a static A0-sized PDF, limiting direct machine-readability and analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation for the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series (GeoCat 71789).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-16 19:25:42.721683; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Maritime zones around Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island.