Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map of Tasmania with Bathymetry

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, and various maritime zones around Tasmania. Background bathymetric imagery combines the 2009 9 arc second grid by Geoscience Australia with a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime zone boundaries based on the depicted extended continental shelf and jurisdictional limits.
• Study seafloor topography based on the combined bathymetric background imagery from Geoscience Australia and Smith and Sandwell.
• Reference legal maritime claims around Tasmania based on the approved continental shelf limits.
• Create base maps for marine resource management based on the Lambert Conformal Conic Projection and A0 portrait format.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps providing consistent coverage.
• Based on authoritative legal data (continental shelf limits approved by the CLCS in 2008).
• Integrates high-resolution bathymetric data from two sources (Geoscience Australia 2009 and Smith and Sandwell 1997).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided as a static PDF/A0 map, limiting machine-readability and analysis without conversion.
• The map excludes specific geographic features mentioned in the description, such as the Macquarie Ridge.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from legal maritime boundary data and combined bathymetric grids.

Time Range

Maritime boundaries reflect a 2008 approval; bathymetry sources are from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 08:16:02.818873; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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