28 maps detail Australia's maritime jurisdiction, continental shelf, and treaties across various ocean regions. The Australian Ocean Data Network provides these digital files in PDF format. The collection includes maps for areas like the Torres Strait, Timor Sea, Coral Sea, and the Australian Antarctic Territory.
Use Cases
- Visualizing maritime boundaries and exclusive economic zones based on the described map series.
- Analyzing treaty implications for maritime resource management based on the described jurisdictional areas.
- Creating reference materials for nautical charting and maritime law education based on the official map data.
Strengths
- Comprises 28 distinct maps covering specific maritime regions.
- Includes maps for remote territories like Heard Island, McDonald Islands, and the Australian Antarctic Territory.
- Offers multiple map projections (e.g., Lambert, Mercator) for some regions like Tasmania and Macquarie Island.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-27 16:36:50.846929; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia's maritime jurisdiction, including surrounding seas, remote islands, and the Australian Antarctic Territory.