Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Arafura and Coral Seas, A0 Map

Geoscience Australia Data provides a map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction in the Arafura and Coral Seas. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' and shows the extended continental shelf approved in 2008, treaties, and various maritime zones. The background bathymetric image is derived from a 2009 9 arc second grid and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundaries and exclusive economic zones based on depicted jurisdiction zones.
• Study the extent of the continental shelf for resource exploration based on the 2008 approved limits.
• Create composite maritime maps for the region based on this constituent map from a series of 27.
• Reference bathymetric and topographic features for oceanographic modeling based on the described background grids.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maritime jurisdiction maps, suggesting consistent methodology.
• Background bathymetry combines a 2009 9 arc second grid with a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell.
• Depicts legally significant zones including a continental shelf boundary approved by the CLCS in April 2008.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided as a static A0 PDF, limiting direct machine-readability and analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative applications.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Derived from bathymetric and topographic grids; jurisdiction lines based on treaties and CLCS approval.

Time Range

Background imagery sources from 1997 and 2009; jurisdiction reflects 2008 CLCS approval.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 03:44:34.397536; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Arafura and Coral Seas, Australia's maritime jurisdiction zones.