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

Australia's maritime jurisdiction in the Arafura and Coral Seas, depicting the extended continental shelf approved in April 2008, treaties, and various maritime zones. This map is part of the 27-map 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The background bathymetry combines a 2009 9 arc second grid and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell, with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary definitions based on depicted treaties and zones
• Study continental shelf extents based on the 2008 Commission-approved limits
• Integrate bathymetric data for oceanographic modeling based on the described background grids

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps
• Includes bathymetric data derived from two specific grids (2009 GA and 1997 Smith and Sandwell)
• Based on an extended continental shelf approval from a specific date (April 2008)

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from bathymetric and topographic grids and official jurisdictional records.

Time Range

Background data references 1997 and 2009 sources; jurisdictional data references a 2008 approval.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 17:39:08.417541; freshness should be verified

Geography

Arafura and Coral Seas, Australia