Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for Macquarie Island

A geospatial map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction around Macquarie Island. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The map shows the extended continental shelf approved in 2008, various maritime zones, and uses a background bathymetric image derived from grids by Geoscience Australia and Smith and Sandwell.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary claims based on the depicted extended continental shelf and maritime zones.
• Study ocean floor topography based on the combined bathymetric background image.
• Reference treaty-defined maritime areas for legal or policy research.
• Create composite jurisdictional maps based on its inclusion in a 27-map series.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps, suggesting consistent methodology.
• Based on authoritative data sources, including a 2009 9 arc-second grid by Geoscience Australia.
• Depicts legally significant boundaries approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008.

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.
• Data is presented as a static PDF/A0 map, limiting direct machine-readability and analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation from bathymetric grids and legal boundary data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 00:03:13.006526; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Maritime jurisdiction around Macquarie Island, Australia.