Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Timor Sea

Geoscience Australia's map depicts Australia's continental shelf and maritime jurisdiction in the Timor Sea. It is one of 27 maps in the national Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series, updated in June 2014 to conform with the Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014 dataset. The map background combines bathymetric data from 2009 and 1997 with NASA land imagery.

Use Cases

• Delineating the legal continental shelf boundary for resource exploration using the proclaimed limits from the 2012 proclamation.
• Analyzing jurisdictional overlaps for fisheries management based on the maritime boundaries layer.
• Creating basemaps for marine spatial planning incorporating the bathymetric and topographic background grid.
• Referencing the proclaimed limits under the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 for legal or treaty analysis.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized national map series comprising 27 constituent maps.
• Integrates multiple authoritative data sources including Geoscience Australia's 2014 boundaries and NASA imagery.
• Background combines bathymetric data from a 2009 9 arc-second grid and a 1997 grid.

Limitations

• Spatial data is static and based on a 2014 update, potentially missing subsequent legal or treaty changes.
• Data is provided only in PDF and HTML formats, limiting machine-readability and analysis.
• Specific row counts, column details, and sample data are unavailable for quantitative assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, via the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation from proclaimed legal boundaries and integrated geospatial grids.

Time Range

Snapshot from June 2014.

Freshness

Last platform update was 2026-04-04, but the underlying data reflects a June 2014 snapshot.

Geography

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