Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Tasman Sea with Bathymetric Background

One of 27 maps in the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series (GeoCat 71789). The 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 boundaries and treaties based on depicted jurisdictional zones.
• Study the extent of Australia's continental shelf based on the 2008 CLCS approval.
• Incorporate bathymetric and topographic background for marine spatial planning based on the described composite grid.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps.
• Integrates bathymetric data from multiple authoritative sources (Geoscience Australia 2009, Smith and Sandwell 1997).
• Includes legally defined zones such as the extended continental shelf approved in April 2008.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from official maritime jurisdiction definitions and composite bathymetric grids.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 20:30:12.613850; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tasman Sea region under Australia's jurisdiction.