Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in Bass Strait, A0 Map with Bathymetry

One of 27 constituent maps from the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series, depicting the extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008. The map shows various maritime zones over a background bathymetric image derived from a 2009 9 arc second grid and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell. It is published by Geoscience Australia Data and is available as a downloadable A0 portrait PDF.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary definitions based on the depicted extended continental shelf and maritime zones.
• Study underwater topography based on the combined bathymetric background image.
• Reference jurisdictional limits for legal or environmental planning in the Bass Strait region.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps for consistent jurisdictional reference.
• Background bathymetry combines data from a 2009 9 arc second grid and a 1997 source for topographic detail.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided as a static PDF/HTML map, limiting direct computational analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Derived from bathymetric and topographic grids; part of an official map series.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:52:13.337438; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bass Strait, Australia