Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Timor Sea Map

One of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series'. It depicts Australia's extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008, along with treaties and various maritime zones. The background combines bathymetric data from a 2009 9 arc second grid and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell, with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundaries and treaties based on the depicted jurisdictional zones.
• Study continental shelf extents based on the 2008 Commission-approved limits.
• Incorporate bathymetric background data from the 2009 and 1997 grids for oceanographic modeling.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps, suggesting consistent methodology.
• Integrates bathymetric data from two specific sources: a 2009 9 arc second grid and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell.
• Depicts legally significant boundaries approved by an international commission in April 2008.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data freshness should be verified; the map's underlying legal and bathymetric data may be outdated.
• The description is limited to map content; actual data quality and precision require manual inspection.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official legal documents, treaties, and scientific bathymetric surveys.

Time Range

The continental shelf limits were approved in April 2008; bathymetric data sources are from 2009 and 1997.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 20:16:58.654632; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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