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

One of the 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). It depicts Australia's extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 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 boundary treaties based on depicted treaty zones.
• Study the extent of Australia's continental shelf based on the approved 2008 limits.
• Visualize ocean floor topography based on the combined bathymetric background imagery.
• Compare different maritime zones (e.g., Exclusive Economic Zone) within the Arafura and Coral Seas region.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps providing consistent jurisdictional coverage.
• Incorporates authoritative continental shelf limits approved by an international commission in April 2008.
• Background bathymetry combines two specific sourced grids (2009 GA grid and 1997 Smith and Sandwell grid).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 15:44:34.575545; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Arafura and Coral Seas region of Australia