28 maps depict areas of Australia's maritime jurisdiction, continental shelf, treaties, and various maritime zones. The collection includes PDF files for specific regions like the Torres Strait, Timor Sea, Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, Bass Strait, and around islands such as Macquarie Island and Heard Island. The Australian Ocean Data Network provides these digital files.
Use Cases
- Analyze maritime boundary definitions based on the depicted jurisdiction zones.
- Study continental shelf claims based on the maps of specific offshore regions.
- Compare treaty boundaries based on the included treaty information.
- Visualize jurisdiction around specific islands based on the maps for Macquarie, Heard, and McDonald Islands.
Strengths
- 28 distinct maps covering a wide range of specific Australian maritime regions.
- Includes maps for remote territories like the Australian Antarctic Territory and Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
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.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-05 01:01:13.659301; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia and its maritime jurisdiction zones, including surrounding seas and remote islands.