Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Southern Coral Sea, A0 Map

One of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The 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. It was created by Geoscience Australia, with a background bathymetric image derived from a 2009 9 arc-second grid and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary definitions based on depicted treaties and maritime zones.
• Study the extent of Australia's continental shelf based on the 2008 CLCS approval.
• Incorporate bathymetric data for oceanographic modeling based on the combined GA and Smith & Sandwell grid background.

Strengths

• Part of a defined series of 27 constituent maps, providing a structured collection.
• Based on authoritative sources including a 2008 CLCS approval and specific bathymetric grids from 2009 and 1997.
• Provides a high-resolution A0 sized map for detailed spatial analysis.

Limitations

• Data is provided only in PDF and HTML formats, limiting direct machine-readability and analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative uses.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Derived from a combination of the 2009 9 arc second bathymetric and topographic grid by GA and a grid by Smith and Sandwell, 1997. Background land imagery derived from Blue Marble, NASA's Earth Observatory.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 03:28:32.388856; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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