Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Timor Sea, Updated 2019

December 2019 update of a map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction in the Timor Sea, reflecting the 2018 Australia-Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty. One of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series', it shows the continental shelf as proclaimed in 2012. The map is produced by the Australian Ocean Data Network and uses bathymetric data from 2009 and 1997, with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime boundary changes based on the 2018 treaty mentioned in the description
• Analyzing continental shelf extents based on the 2012 proclamation referenced in the description
• Studying regional bathymetry using the combined grid data sources described
• Referencing jurisdictional zones for legal or diplomatic research based on the map's indicative limits

Strengths

• Updated in December 2019 to reflect a 2018 international treaty
• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps
• Incorporates bathymetric data from two specific sources (2009 GA grid and Smith and Sandwell 1997)

Limitations

• The map is described as 'indicative only' and not a definitive source, with limits subject to change
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from legal proclamations and combined bathymetric/topographic grids.

Time Range

Reflects legal status as of 2019, with background data from 2009 and 1997.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 19:26:14.034671; freshness should be verified

Geography

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