Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Timor Sea

One map in a 27-map series depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction in the Timor Sea. It shows the extended continental shelf approved in 2008, treaty boundaries, and various maritime zones. The Australian Ocean Data Network provides this A0-sized PDF map, last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Delineate the approved 2008 extended continental shelf boundary from surrounding maritime zones for legal analysis.
• Analyze the spatial relationship between treaty-defined zones and bathymetric data for resource exploration.
• Integrate jurisdictional boundaries with background land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble for cartographic projects.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maritime jurisdiction maps.
• Integrates multiple authoritative data sources including a 2009 9 arc-second bathymetric grid and treaty records.
• Provides a high-resolution A0-sized output suitable for detailed visual analysis.

Limitations

• Data is static and based on a continental shelf approval from April 2008, potentially missing recent developments.
• Primary format is a PDF map, limiting direct machine-readability and analysis of underlying vector data.
• Sample data and specific column/attribute tables for maritime zones are unavailable.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, part of the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789).

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation of legal boundaries, bathymetric grids, and satellite imagery.

Time Range

Jurisdictional data reflects the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf approval in April 2008.

Freshness

Metadata was last updated in April 2026, but the underlying jurisdictional data reflects a 2008 approval.

Geography

Timor Sea region, focusing on Australia's maritime claims and boundaries.