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

Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction around Tasmania, including South Tasman Rise and Victoria, depicted on a Mercator projection. This map is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). It shows Australia's extended continental shelf, approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008, and uses bathymetric imagery from 2009 and 1997 sources.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundaries and zones based on the depicted extended continental shelf and maritime zones.
• Study bathymetric features around Tasmania based on the combined 2009 and 1997 background imagery.
• Reference jurisdictional limits for legal or policy research based on the 2008 Commission approval.
• Integrate as a base layer for regional marine spatial planning based on the defined maritime jurisdiction.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps providing consistent jurisdictional coverage.
• Based on authoritative legal definitions, including a continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008.
• Background bathymetry combines data from a 2009 9 arc second grid and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The map excludes Macquarie Ridge, limiting its geographic completeness for the region.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au

Collection Method

Derived from official maritime boundary definitions and bathymetric grids.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 21:36:02.932323; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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