Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for Macquarie Island

One of 27 maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The map depicts Australia's extended continental shelf, approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008, along with treaties and various maritime zones. Background bathymetry is derived from a 2009 9 arc second grid by Geoscience Australia and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundaries and zones based on depicted treaties and legal limits.
• Study the extent of the continental shelf based on the approved 2008 submission.
• Reference bathymetric features for oceanographic research based on the combined background grid.
• Produce cartographic visualizations for educational or legal purposes based on the A0 portrait map format.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps.
• Based on an official continental shelf submission approved in April 2008.
• Incorporates bathymetric data from two specific sources (GA 2009, Smith and Sandwell 1997).

Limitations

• Metadata completeness is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 03:22:28.026379; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Maritime jurisdiction around Macquarie Island, Australia.