Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the southern Coral Sea is depicted in this map. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The map shows Australia's extended continental shelf approved in April 2008, treaties, and various maritime zones.
Use Cases
- Analyze maritime boundaries based on depicted jurisdictional zones.
- Study continental shelf extents based on the 2008 Commission-approved limits.
- Visualize bathymetry based on the combined GA and Smith and Sandwell background grid.
Strengths
- Map is part of a series of 27 constituent maps.
- Background bathymetry combines a 2009 9 arc-second grid by GA and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell.
- Background land imagery is derived from NASA's Blue Marble.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
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- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- Southern Coral Sea, Australia