Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the northern Coral Sea is depicted in this map. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The map shows Australia's extended continental shelf approved in April 2008, treaties, and various maritime zones, with a background bathymetric image derived from 2009 and 1997 grids.
Use Cases
- Analyze maritime boundary definitions based on depicted treaties and zones
- Study continental shelf extents based on the 2008 Commission-approved limits
- Visualize bathymetric features based on the combined 2009 and 1997 background grids
Strengths
- Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps
- Based on an extended continental shelf approval dated April 2008
- Background bathymetry derived from specific 2009 and 1997 source grids
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 an A0 sized PDF, which may limit direct machine analysis
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 13:53:52.721339; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Northern Coral Sea, Australia