Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Timor Sea

One map in the 27-map 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series'. The map 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. It was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Delineating the approved extended continental shelf boundary from 2008 for legal or policy analysis.
• Analyzing the spatial relationship between maritime zones, treaties, and bathymetric features in the Timor Sea.
• Using the background bathymetric and topographic grid for regional oceanographic or geological modeling.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps providing national coverage.
• Integrates authoritative bathymetric data from the 2009 9 arc second grid and Smith and Sandwell, 1997.
• Includes legally significant features like the approved continental shelf limit and treaty boundaries.

Limitations

• Data is static and based on a continental shelf approval from 2008, which may not reflect subsequent developments.
• Primary format is a static A0-sized PDF, limiting direct machine-readability and analysis of underlying vector data.
• Sample data and specific column/attribute details 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 depicting legal boundaries and integrated geophysical background data.

Time Range

The continental shelf approval is from April 2008; background bathymetry sources are from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

Metadata was last updated in April 2026, though the underlying jurisdictional data is from 2008.

Geography

Spatial coverage is specifically the Timor Sea region relevant to Australia's maritime claims.