Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Southern Coral Sea

A geospatial map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction in the southern Coral Sea. The map is part of a 27-map series and shows the extended continental shelf approved in 2008, treaties, and various maritime zones. Background imagery combines bathymetric data from 2009 and 1997 with NASA's Blue Marble land imagery.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary definitions based on depicted treaties and zones.
• Study continental shelf extents based on the 2008 Commission-approved limits.
• Visualize seafloor topography based on the combined bathymetric background grid.
• Reference jurisdictional claims for marine spatial planning in the Coral Sea region.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized 27-map series (GeoCat 71789), suggesting consistent methodology.
• Incorporates authoritative data sources, including a Commission-approved boundary from 2008 and NASA imagery.
• Background combines multiple bathymetric grids (2009 9 arc-second and Smith and Sandwell, 1997) for enhanced detail.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.
• Data is provided primarily as a static A0-sized PDF, limiting direct machine-readability.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from cartographic compilation of legal boundaries and scientific grids.

Time Range

Boundary data reflects status as of April 2008 approval; background imagery sources from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 17:35:17.760827; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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