Maritime Jurisdiction Map of Tasmania and Macquarie Island

Geoscience Australia Data provides a map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction around Tasmania and Macquarie Island. The map shows the extended continental shelf approved in 2008, treaties, and various maritime zones over a bathymetric background. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' and is available as an A0 portrait PDF.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary claims based on depicted treaties and zones.
• Study seabed topography based on the combined bathymetric background grid.
• Reference continental shelf limits based on the 2008 Commission approval.
• Produce educational or legal materials based on the official jurisdictional map.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 official maritime jurisdiction maps.
• Based on the extended continental shelf limits approved by an international commission in April 2008.
• Background bathymetry derived from a combination of a 2009 9 arc-second grid and a 1997 grid.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided as a static PDF map, limiting direct computational analysis.
• Freshness should be verified; the map's underlying legal and treaty data may have evolved since its creation.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation based on legal boundaries and bathymetric data.

Time Range

The continental shelf limits were approved in April 2008.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 20 01:44:28.681505; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's maritime jurisdiction around the State of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island.