Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Tasman Sea, A0 Map with Bathymetry

One of 27 maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The map depicts Australia's extended continental shelf approved in April 2008, treaties, and maritime zones over a background of combined 2009 9 arc second bathymetry and 1997 Smith and Sandwell data. It is produced by the Australian Ocean Data Network and available as an A0-sized PDF.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime legal boundaries based on depicted continental shelf and treaty zones.
• Analyzing seafloor topography based on the combined bathymetric and topographic background grid.
• Referencing jurisdictional claims in the Tasman Sea for legal or environmental studies.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps (GeoCat 71789).
• Background bathymetry combines a 2009 9 arc second grid with a 1997 Smith and Sandwell grid.
• Depicts multiple legal features: extended continental shelf (approved April 2008), treaties, and maritime zones.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is presented as a static map (PDF/HTML); underlying vector or tabular data is unavailable.
• Freshness should be verified; the map's underlying legal and bathymetric data sources range from 1997 to 2009.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from bathymetric grids and legal boundary definitions.

Time Range

Legal boundaries reflect 2008 approval; background imagery from 1997 and 2009 sources.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 18:02:54.065804; freshness should be verified

Geography

Tasman Sea, Australia's maritime jurisdiction