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

One of 27 maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). This map depicts Australia's extended continental shelf, approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008, along with treaties and various maritime zones. Background imagery combines bathymetric data from 2009 and 1997 sources with NASA's Blue Marble land imagery.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundaries and zones based on depicted treaties and jurisdictional lines.
• Study the extent of Australia's continental shelf based on the 2008 CLCS approval.
• Integrate bathymetric and topographic background layers for oceanographic mapping.
• Reference jurisdictional limits for legal or environmental impact assessments in the Coral and Tasman Seas.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps, suggesting systematic coverage.
• Based on authoritative sources including a 2008 CLCS approval and specific bathymetric grids from 2009 and 1997.
• Includes multiple data layers such as treaties, maritime zones, and high-resolution background imagery.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official legal determinations, treaty documents, and geospatial data sources.

Time Range

The continental shelf data reflects the April 2008 approval; background imagery dates from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-16 19:42:41.566379; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Coral Sea and Tasman Sea regions under Australia's jurisdiction.