Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Torres Strait

A geospatial map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction in the Torres Strait. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The map shows the extended continental shelf approved in April 2008, treaty boundaries, various maritime zones, and a bathymetric background derived from research vessels and satellite imagery.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime zone boundaries based on treaty and legal definitions mentioned in the description
• Analyzing the extent of the continental shelf based on the 2008 Commission approval
• Incorporating bathymetric data for marine spatial planning based on the background imagery from research vessels and satellites

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps providing consistent jurisdictional coverage
• Includes bathymetric data collected from research vessels and satellite imagery
• Depicts legally defined zones including the extended continental shelf approved in April 2008

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is provided as a static A0 PDF, limiting direct computational analysis
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Map compilation from legal definitions, treaty data, and bathymetric surveys

Time Range

Maritime boundaries as of April 2008 approval and relevant treaties

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 01:31:05.240857; freshness should be verified

Geography

Torres Strait region, Australia