Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Timor Sea, 2014 Map

A June 2014 map depicting Australia's continental shelf and maritime jurisdiction in the Timor Sea, updated to conform with Geoscience Australia's Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014 data. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series. The background combines bathymetric data from Geoscience Australia and Smith and Sandwell with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary definitions based on the continental shelf proclamation.
• Visualize bathymetric and topographic features in the Timor Sea region based on the described background grids.
• Reference jurisdictional limits for legal or policy research based on the proclaimed maritime boundaries.
• Study the cartographic representation of national maritime claims based on the official map series.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 official maritime jurisdiction maps.
• Background integrates multiple authoritative data sources: Geoscience Australia's 2009 bathymetric grid, Smith and Sandwell 1997 grid, and NASA Blue Marble imagery.
• Updated to conform with the authoritative Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014 dataset.

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.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the 2014 source data.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, Geoscience Australia

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation from official maritime boundary data and bathymetric grids.

Time Range

Snapshot from June 2014.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 03:41:25.581262; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Timor Sea region, focusing on Australia's maritime jurisdiction.