Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Arafura and Coral Seas

One of 27 maps in the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series, depicting maritime zones and the extended continental shelf approved in April 2008. The map background combines bathymetric data from a 2009 9 arc-second grid and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell, with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble. It is provided as an A0-sized PDF by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary claims based on depicted treaties and maritime zones.
• Study bathymetric features based on the combined background grid data.
• Visualize the extent of Australia's continental shelf in the Arafura and Coral Seas.
• Reference jurisdictional limits for marine spatial planning or legal research.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps, providing contextual consistency.
• Based on authoritative sources, including a Commission-approved continental shelf and NASA land imagery.
• Integrates multiple data sources, including bathymetric grids from 2009 and 1997.

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 treaty and zone data may be dated.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation from treaty documents, commission decisions, and geospatial grids.

Time Range

Primary continental shelf data approved in April 2008; background imagery sources from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 23:24:44.930392

Geography

Arafura and Coral Seas, Australia's maritime jurisdiction