Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Northern Coral Sea

Australia's northern Coral Sea maritime jurisdiction map is one of 27 maps in the national series. It depicts the extended continental shelf approved in April 2008, treaties, and maritime zones over a bathymetric background derived from 2009 and 1997 grids. The map is published by the Australian Ocean Data Network as an A0-sized PDF.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary claims based on the depicted extended continental shelf and zones.
• Study seabed topography based on the combined bathymetric background imagery.
• Reference treaty-defined maritime jurisdictions for legal or diplomatic purposes.
• Create base maps for marine spatial planning in the northern Coral Sea region.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized national map series comprising 27 constituent maps.
• Based on an extended continental shelf approval by an international commission in April 2008.
• Background imagery combines authoritative bathymetric grids from 2009 and 1997.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided only as a static PDF and HTML, limiting direct machine-readability and analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation for the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789).

Time Range

Map reflects boundaries as of April 2008 approval, with background data from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 06:23:52.798969; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern part of the Coral Sea, Australia.