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

One map from the 27-constituent 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series'. It depicts Australia's extended continental shelf, approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008, and various maritime zones in the Bass Strait region. The background bathymetric image is derived from a 2009 9 arc second grid and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell.

Use Cases

• Visualize maritime zone boundaries based on the depicted extended continental shelf and zones.
• Analyze bathymetric features in Bass Strait based on the combined 2009 and 1997 background grids.
• Reference jurisdictional claims for legal or policy research based on the 2008 CLCS approval.
• Integrate as a base layer for regional marine spatial planning based on the geospatial maritime data.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps, suggesting consistent methodology.
• Based on authoritative sources, including a 2008 CLCS approval and specific bathymetric grids from 2009 and 1997.
• Available in a high-resolution, print-ready A0 portrait PDF format.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on Australian jurisdiction.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation from bathymetric grids and legal boundary definitions.

Time Range

Boundaries reflect a 2008 approval; bathymetry sources from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 06:34:06.057007; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bass Strait region, Australia's maritime jurisdiction.