Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Timor Sea, A0 Map

One of 27 maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). This map depicts Australia's extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008, treaties, and various maritime zones. Background imagery combines 2009 bathymetric/topographic data from Geoscience Australia with 1997 data from Smith and Sandwell and land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary claims based on depicted treaties and maritime zones.
• Study continental shelf extents based on the 2008 Commission approval.
• Visualize oceanographic features using the combined bathymetric background imagery.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps (GeoCat 71789).
• Integrates multiple authoritative data sources: Geoscience Australia (2009), Smith and Sandwell (1997), and NASA Blue Marble.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data freshness should be verified; the map uses background data from 1997 and 2009.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from official maritime jurisdiction data and composite background imagery.

Time Range

Background data from 1997 and 2009; jurisdictional status reflects 2008 approval.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 00:56:55.291174

Geography

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