Australia's Timor Sea Maritime Jurisdiction Map 2019

Geoscience Australia Data provides a map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction in the Timor Sea, updated in December 2019 to reflect the 2018 Australia-Timor-Leste treaty. This is one of 27 constituent maps in the national maritime jurisdiction series, illustrating continental shelf limits and territorial sea baselines.

Use Cases

• Analyze continental shelf limits and territorial sea baselines for maritime boundary research.
• Integrate bathymetric imagery from the 2009 9 arc second grid for oceanographic modeling.
• Reference the 2018 Australia-Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty for legal or policy analysis.
• Use as a base layer with background land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble for cartographic projects.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized national map series containing 27 constituent maps.
• Updated in December 2019 to incorporate a major international treaty from 2018.
• Background bathymetry combines data from Geoscience Australia's 2009 grid and Smith and Sandwell, 1997.

Limitations

• Map is indicative only and should not be used as a definitive legal source, as some limits may change.
• Data is provided only in PDF and HTML formats, limiting direct geospatial analysis without conversion.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Derived from official proclamations and treaties; background imagery from NASA and published grids.

Time Range

Reflects legal status as of the December 2019 update, incorporating the 2018 treaty.

Freshness

Last platform update recorded in March 2026, but the map content reflects the December 2019 update.

Geography

Australia's maritime jurisdiction in the Timor Sea region.