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

One of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The map shows Australia's continental shelf as proclaimed in the 2012 proclamation and was updated in June 2014 to conform with Geoscience Australia's 'Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014' data. Background imagery combines bathymetric data from 2009 and 1997 with NASA's Blue Marble land imagery.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary definitions based on the proclaimed continental shelf limits.
• Integrate bathymetric context for marine spatial planning using the combined background grid.
• Reference jurisdictional limits for legal or environmental assessments in the Timor Sea.
• Study the evolution of maritime claims using the 2014 update from earlier boundary data.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps providing consistent jurisdictional coverage.
• Background combines multiple authoritative bathymetric and topographic data sources from 2009 and 1997.
• Updated to align with the official 'Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014' dataset from Geoscience Australia.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is a static map from 2014; jurisdictional boundaries may have changed.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Derived from official maritime boundary proclamations and bathymetric grids.

Time Range

2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 19:00:33.345508; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Timor Sea region, Australia