Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for Macquarie Island with Bathymetry

One of 27 maps in the official series depicting Australia's maritime boundaries. The map shows the extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008, along with treaties and maritime zones. Background bathymetry combines a 2009 9 arc-second grid and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary definitions based on the depicted continental shelf and treaty zones.
• Study underwater topography around Macquarie Island based on the combined bathymetric background.
• Reference official jurisdictional claims for legal or diplomatic research based on the map series.
• Integrate geospatial boundaries into GIS systems based on the Lambert Conformal Conic projection.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps providing consistent jurisdictional data.
• Based on an officially approved continental shelf boundary from April 2008.
• Bathymetric background derived from two specific source grids (2009 GA grid and 1997 Smith and Sandwell).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided as a static PDF/A0 map, limiting direct machine-readability and analysis.
• Freshness should be verified; the underlying boundary data is from 2008.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Boundary data reflects approvals and treaties as of April 2008.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 13:24:52.320668; freshness should be verified

Geography

Maritime jurisdiction around Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean.