Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for Macquarie Island, Mercator Projection

One of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The map depicts Australia's extended continental shelf as approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008, along with treaties and various maritime zones. It was created by Geoscience Australia Data and uses a background bathymetric image derived from 2009 and 1997 source grids.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundaries and jurisdiction based on depicted treaties and maritime zones.
• Study the extent of the continental shelf based on the 2008 Commission-approved limits.
• Reference bathymetric data for the region based on the combined 2009 and 1997 source grids.
• Produce thematic maps for legal or educational purposes based on the A0 portrait format PDF.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps providing consistent maritime jurisdiction data.
• Based on an authoritative legal definition of the continental shelf approved in April 2008.
• Background bathymetry is derived from specific, cited source grids from 2009 and 1997.

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 PDF/HTML map, limiting direct machine-readability and analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation based on legal boundaries and bathymetric grids.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:59:20.200951; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Maritime jurisdiction around Macquarie Island, Australia.