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

Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction around Tasmania is depicted in a map showing the extended continental shelf approved in April 2008 and various maritime zones. The map is part of a 27-map series and uses a Lambert Conformal Conic Projection with bathymetric and topographic background imagery from 2009 and 1997 sources. It is provided as an A0 portrait PDF by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime zone boundaries based on the depiction of Australia's extended continental shelf.
• Study bathymetric features around Tasmania based on the combined 2009 and 1997 grid background imagery.
• Compare jurisdictional maps within the series based on the reference to being one of 27 constituent maps.
• Visualize geographic projections for cartographic purposes based on the use of the Lambert Conformal Conic Projection.

Strengths

• Map is part of an official 27-map series (GeoCat 71789) providing contextual consistency.
• Background bathymetry is derived from specific, cited sources: a 2009 9 arc second grid and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell.
• Depicts legally defined boundaries, including the extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data format is PDF, which may require conversion for quantitative geospatial analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for tabular data applications.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 01:59:13.674431; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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