28 maps depict areas of Australia's maritime jurisdiction, continental shelf, treaties, and various maritime zones. The collection includes regional maps for areas like the Torres Strait, Timor Sea, and Australian Antarctic Territory. Digital files in PDF format are downloadable from the web.
Use Cases
- Visualize maritime legal boundaries based on the described jurisdiction and treaty maps.
- Analyze regional maritime zones based on the series of specific area maps (e.g., Torres Strait, Coral Sea).
- Reference continental shelf extents based on the maps depicting Australia's continental shelf.
Strengths
- Comprises 28 distinct maps covering specific regions.
- Includes maps in different projections (Lambert, Mercator) for some areas.
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 2026-06-17 02:32:11.027185; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia and its maritime territories, including external islands and Antarctic claims.