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

One of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The map depicts Australia's continental shelf as proclaimed in the 2012 proclamation under the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973, updated in June 2014 to conform with Geoscience Australia's 'Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014' data. Background imagery combines bathymetric data from Geoscience Australia (2009) and Smith and Sandwell (1997) with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Visualize maritime jurisdiction boundaries based on the 2012 continental shelf proclamation.
• Analyze bathymetric and topographic features in the Timor Sea region based on the combined background grid.
• Reference legal and administrative maritime zones for regional planning or dispute resolution.
• Integrate as a base layer for marine spatial planning based on the A0-sized geospatial map.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps providing consistent jurisdictional coverage.
• Updated in 2014 to align with authoritative 'Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014' data from Geoscience Australia.
• Background combines high-resolution bathymetric/topographic data from 2009 with a 1997 grid.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided as a static PDF/A0 map, limiting direct machine-readability and analysis.
• Last updated 2026-04-10 19:56:31.413879; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, derived from Geoscience Australia data.

Collection Method

Cartographic production conforming to national maritime boundary data.

Time Range

2014 (map update), referencing 2012 proclamation and background data from 2009 and 1997.

Freshness

Map data updated June 2014; metadata last updated April 2026.

Geography

Timor Sea region, Australia's maritime jurisdiction.