One of 27 maps in the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series, this A0-sized PDF depicts maritime zones in the southern Coral Sea. It shows Australia's extended continental shelf as approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008. The map's background uses bathymetric imagery from a 2009 grid and land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.
Use Cases
- Analyze maritime boundary claims based on depicted treaties and zones.
- Study continental shelf extents based on the 2008 Commission approval.
- Incorporate bathymetric reference data based on the described background imagery.
Strengths
- Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps.
- Based on an extended continental shelf approval from a specific date (April 2008).
- Background imagery is derived from specific, cited sources (2009 GA grid, Smith and Sandwell 1997, NASA Blue Marble).
Limitations
- Data is provided only as a static PDF or HTML map, limiting computational analysis.
- Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, requiring manual inspection after download.
- The dataset's scale and specific row/feature counts are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Cartographic compilation for the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series (GeoCat 71789).
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-04 05:26:32.401218.
- Geography
- Southern part of the Coral Sea, Australia.