Maritime Jurisdiction Map of Macquarie Island with Bathymetry

Macquarie Island features a map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction, including the extended continental shelf approved in 2008 and various maritime zones. The background bathymetric image combines data from Geoscience Australia's 2009 grid and a 1997 source. It is one of 27 maps in the national Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial extent of Australia's extended continental shelf and other maritime zones around Macquarie Island for legal or policy research.
• Use the combined bathymetric and topographic background layer for geological or oceanographic studies of the region.
• Reference the Lambert Conformal Conic Projection for cartographic or GIS analysis of the area's jurisdictional boundaries.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized national series of 27 constituent maritime jurisdiction maps.
• Integrates bathymetric data from two authoritative sources: Geoscience Australia (2009) and Smith and Sandwell (1997).
• Depicts legally defined boundaries, including the continental shelf approved by the UN commission in April 2008.

Limitations

• Data is static and presented only as a PDF/A0 map, not as machine-readable geospatial vectors or tabular data.
• The underlying bathymetric grid data sources are from 1997 and 2009, which may not reflect recent seafloor changes.
• Specific quantitative measurements (e.g., depth values, coordinate vertices) are not provided in a structured column format.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation for a published thematic map series, based on legal boundaries and synthesized bathymetric grids.

Time Range

Boundaries reflect the continental shelf approval date of April 2008; background bathymetry sourced from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

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Geography

Australia's maritime jurisdiction surrounding Macquarie Island.