Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction in the Torres Strait with Continental Shelf Boundaries

One of 27 constituent maps in the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series (GeoCat 71789). The map 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. Background bathymetric imagery is derived from data collected by research vessels and satellite imagery.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime zone boundaries based on depicted treaties and jurisdictional lines.
• Study continental shelf extents based on the 2008 Commission approval.
• Incorporate bathymetric background imagery based on data from research vessels and satellites.

Strengths

• Part of a 27-map series providing broader context.
• Includes continental shelf boundaries approved by an international commission in April 2008.
• Background bathymetry derived from research vessel and satellite data sources.

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.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Map compilation from treaties, jurisdictional data, and derived bathymetric imagery.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 01:58:37.094706; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Torres Strait region, Australia