Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for Tasmania and South Tasman Rise

One of 27 constituent 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, and various maritime zones around Tasmania. Background imagery combines bathymetric data from Geoscience Australia (2009) and Smith and Sandwell (1997) with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime zone boundaries based on the depicted extended continental shelf and jurisdictional areas.
• Study seabed topography based on the combined bathymetric and topographic background grid.
• Reference cartographic projections based on the use of the Lambert Conformal Conic Projection.
• Integrate with other maps in the series for a complete view of Australia's maritime jurisdiction.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps providing consistent coverage.
• Based on authoritative legal decisions, specifically the 2008 Commission approval.
• Integrates multiple high-quality data sources for bathymetry and land imagery.

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.
• The map excludes the Macquarie Ridge, limiting geographic completeness for that feature.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation based on legal boundaries and scientific grids.

Time Range

Legal boundaries as of April 2008; background imagery sources from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 09:30:50.144435; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Maritime jurisdiction around Tasmania, including the South Tasman Rise and Victoria, Australia.