Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Southern Coral Sea, A0 Map

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 land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary claims based on the depicted extended continental shelf and treaty lines.
• Study bathymetric features of the southern Coral Sea using the combined background grid data.
• Reference jurisdictional zones for marine spatial planning or environmental regulation.
• Verify the spatial extent of Australia's maritime jurisdiction for legal or diplomatic purposes.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps providing consistent national coverage.
• Incorporates authoritative bathymetric and topographic data from Geoscience Australia and published scientific grids.
• Based on a formal submission approved by the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in 2008.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Derived from cartographic compilation of legal boundaries and scientific grids.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 12:30:11.474068; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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