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

Australia's maritime jurisdiction in the Timor Sea, updated in December 2019 to reflect the 2018 Australia-Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty. The map is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' and depicts the continental shelf as proclaimed in 2012. It was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and uses background imagery from NASA and bathymetric grids from 2009 and 1997.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime boundary changes based on the 2018 Australia-Timor-Leste treaty mentioned in the description
• Analyzing continental shelf limits based on the 2012 proclamation referenced in the description
• Studying bathymetric and topographic features using the background grids from GA and Smith and Sandwell

Strengths

• Updated in December 2019 to incorporate a specific international treaty (the 2018 Australia-Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty)
• Part of a larger, structured map series (one of 27 constituent maps in 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series')
• Derived from authoritative legal sources (Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 and Proclamation 2012) and scientific grids

Limitations

• The map is described as 'indicative only' and 'should NOT be used as a definitive source of information', limiting its authority for legal applications
• 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

Likely compiled from legal proclamations, treaty documents, and scientific bathymetric/topographic grids.

Time Range

Reflects legal status as of December 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 07:35:35.865542; freshness should be verified

Geography

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