Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Timor Sea, 2008

A geospatial map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction in the Timor Sea. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' and shows the extended continental shelf approved in April 2008, treaties, and maritime zones. The map uses bathymetric data from 2009 and 1997, with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble, and is published by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary claims and treaties based on the depicted jurisdiction zones.
• Study continental shelf geography based on the 2008 Commission-approved limits.
• Incorporate bathymetric and topographic background layers for oceanographic modeling.
• Reference jurisdictional boundaries for legal or environmental impact assessments.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps, suggesting consistent methodology.
• Incorporates authoritative data sources, including a 2009 bathymetric grid and NASA's Blue Marble imagery.
• Based on a formal legal decision from the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The primary format is a static A0-sized PDF, which may limit computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from bathymetric and topographic grids and legal boundary definitions.

Time Range

Based on a 2008 decision, with background imagery from 2009 and 1997.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 07:11:35.330946; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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