One map from the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series 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. The background bathymetric image is derived from a combination of the 2009 9 arc second bathymetric and topographic grid by GA and a grid by Smith and Sandwell, 1997. The map is an A0 sized PDF downloadable from the web, provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Analyze maritime boundary definitions based on depicted treaties and maritime zones.
- Study continental shelf extents based on the approved 2008 limits.
- Visualize seafloor topography based on the background bathymetric imagery.
Strengths
- Part of a 27-map series, suggesting a systematic collection.
- Background imagery combines two authoritative bathymetric grids.
- Specific approval date (April 2008) for the continental shelf limits is provided.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Geography
- Timor Sea