Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in Bass Strait, A0 Map

Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in Bass Strait is a geospatial map depicting maritime zones and the extended continental shelf approved in April 2008. It is one of 27 maps in the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series, with a background bathymetric image derived from 2009 and 1997 grids. The map is provided as an A0 sized portrait PDF by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary definitions based on depicted zones and continental shelf limits
• Study bathymetric features in Bass Strait based on the combined background grid
• Create reference materials for maritime law and policy based on the official jurisdiction map

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps
• Based on an extended continental shelf boundary approved by an international commission in April 2008
• Background bathymetry derived from two specific grids (2009 GA grid and 1997 Smith and Sandwell grid)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 05:55:22.360022; freshness should be verified

Geography

Bass Strait, Australia