Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Northern Coral Sea, 2008

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 in the northern Coral Sea. Background imagery combines bathymetric data from Geoscience Australia (2009) and Smith and Sandwell (1997) with NASA's Blue Marble land imagery.

Use Cases

• Delimit maritime boundaries for legal and policy analysis based on depicted jurisdiction zones.
• Analyze the extent of Australia's continental shelf for resource management based on the 2008 CLCS approval.
• Study bathymetric features of the northern Coral Sea region using the combined background grid data.
• Integrate jurisdictional boundaries with other marine spatial datasets for environmental planning.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps, suggesting systematic coverage.
• Based on an official continental shelf submission approved by the CLCS in April 2008.
• Background combines multiple authoritative sources: Geoscience Australia (2009) and Smith and Sandwell (1997) bathymetry with NASA Blue Marble imagery.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is presented as a static A0 PDF map, 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

Cartographic compilation for the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series'.

Time Range

The continental shelf limits are based on a 2008 approval; background imagery sources range from 1997 to 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 18:22:51.030403; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern part of the Coral Sea, depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction.