Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Timor Sea, Updated 2019

Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Timor Sea 2019 is a map from the Australian Ocean Data Network, updated in December 2019. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' and reflects the 2018 Australia-Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty. The map depicts Australia's continental shelf as proclaimed in 2012 and uses bathymetric and topographic background imagery from sources including Geoscience Australia and NASA.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime boundary changes based on the 2018 Australia-Timor-Leste treaty.
• Analyzing the extent of Australia's continental shelf as defined in the 2012 proclamation.
• Creating composite jurisdictional maps based on the 27-map series this dataset belongs to.
• Studying bathymetric features in the Timor Sea using the combined background grid data.

Strengths

• Updated in December 2019 to reflect a 2018 international treaty.
• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps covering Australia's maritime jurisdiction.
• Background imagery combines bathymetric data from Geoscience Australia (2009) and Smith and Sandwell (1997).

Limitations

• The map is described as 'indicative only' and not a definitive source, with some limits subject to change.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from official proclamations and treaties; background imagery from Geoscience Australia and NASA.

Time Range

Reflects treaty from 2018, updated in 2019; background data from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 09:54:14.007996; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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