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

Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Coral and Tasman Seas is a constituent map of 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, along with treaties and various maritime zones. The map background uses bathymetric data from a 2009 9 arc second grid by Geoscience Australia and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell, with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime zone boundaries based on the depicted continental shelf and treaty lines.
• Study bathymetric features of the Coral and Tasman Seas based on the background grid data.
• Reference jurisdictional limits for legal or environmental assessments based on the official maritime zones.
• Create composite maps of Australia's maritime claims based on its position within a 27-map series.

Strengths

• Part of a structured 27-map series (GeoCat 71789) providing a systematic view of jurisdiction.
• Based on an extended continental shelf approval from the UN Commission in April 2008.
• Background bathymetry combines a 2009 9 arc second grid with a 1997 grid for detail.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au sources.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Map compilation from official maritime boundary data and bathymetric grids.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 00:46:15.362270; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Coral Sea and Tasman Sea regions within Australia's maritime jurisdiction.