Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Southern Coral Sea

One of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). This 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. Background imagery combines bathymetric data from Geoscience Australia (2009) and Smith and Sandwell (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 approval
• Integrate bathymetric background for oceanographic modeling
• Use as a base map for marine spatial planning in the Coral Sea region

Strengths

• Part of a standardized 27-map national series (GeoCat 71789)
• Background bathymetry derived from authoritative 2009 9 arc-second grid by Geoscience Australia
• Includes legally defined maritime zones and the 2008-approved continental shelf

Limitations

• Data format is primarily a static A0-sized PDF map; machine-readable vector data is not specified
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation for the national maritime jurisdiction map series.

Time Range

Maritime jurisdiction data reflects treaties and the April 2008 continental shelf approval.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 15:34:35.599610; freshness should be verified

Geography

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