Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Coral Sea (South), A0 Map

One map from the 27-constituent 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series'. It depicts Australia's extended continental shelf in the southern Coral Sea, as approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008, along with treaties and maritime zones. The background combines bathymetric data from a 2009 9 arc second grid and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell, with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary claims based on depicted treaties and zones.
• Study the extent of Australia's continental shelf based on the 2008 CLCS approval.
• Reference bathymetric features for oceanographic research using the described background grids.
• Support legal or diplomatic work concerning maritime jurisdiction in the Coral Sea region.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps, suggesting consistent methodology.
• Incorporates authoritative bathymetric data from a 2009 9 arc second grid and a 1997 grid.
• Based on a formal continental shelf submission approved by the CLCS 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.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from official maritime boundary data and composite bathymetric grids.

Time Range

The continental shelf limits reflect the 2008 CLCS approval; background imagery dates from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 00:57:04.570821; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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