Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Torres Strait, A0 PDF

A 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, treaties, various maritime zones, and a bathymetric background derived from vessel and satellite data.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary definitions based on depicted treaties and zones.
• Study continental shelf extents based on the 2008 Commission approval.
• Incorporate bathymetric data for oceanographic modeling based on the described background imagery.
• Reference jurisdictional claims for legal or diplomatic research based on the map's official series status.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps, suggesting consistent methodology.
• Includes bathymetric data collected from research vessels and satellite imagery.
• Based on an official extended continental shelf approval from April 2008.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au.

Collection Method

Map compilation from treaty data, jurisdictional decisions, and bathymetric surveys.

Time Range

The continental shelf boundary reflects an April 2008 approval.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 13:25:47.163699; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Torres Strait region, Australia.