Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Northern Coral Sea

A geospatial map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction in the northern Coral Sea. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The map shows the extended continental shelf approved in 2008, treaties, maritime zones, and uses bathymetric and topographic data from Geoscience Australia and NASA.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundaries and exclusive economic zones based on depicted jurisdiction zones.
• Study the extent of the continental shelf for resource exploration based on the 2008 CLCS approval.
• Visualize bathymetric features of the northern Coral Sea using the combined background grid.
• Reference treaty-defined maritime zones for legal or diplomatic research.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps providing consistent national coverage.
• Integrates authoritative data sources, including a 2009 9 arc-second grid from Geoscience Australia and NASA's Blue Marble imagery.
• Based on an extended continental shelf submission approved by the UN Commission in April 2008.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The primary format is a static A0-sized PDF, limiting direct machine analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation from bathymetric/topographic grids and legal boundaries.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 04:44:42.803463; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Coral Sea, Australia