Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Torres Strait

One constituent map of the 27-part 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series'. It 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. The background bathymetric image is derived from data collected by research vessels and satellite imagery.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundaries based on depicted jurisdictional zones.
• Study bathymetric features based on the derived background image.
• Reference treaty-defined zones for legal or diplomatic research.
• Visualize the extent of the continental shelf approved in 2008.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized 27-map series, suggesting consistent methodology.
• Background bathymetry derived from research vessel and satellite data, indicating multi-source validation.

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

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Map compilation from treaty documents and bathymetric data collection.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 04:27:15.776763; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Torres Strait region