Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Maps Across 28 Regions

28 maps depict Australia's maritime jurisdiction, continental shelf, treaties, and maritime zones across specific regions like the Torres Strait and the Australian Antarctic Territory. The collection includes digital files in PDF format, produced by Geoscience Australia. It covers diverse geographic areas from the Coral Sea to Macquarie Island.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime zone boundaries and treaty lines across the 28 regional maps for legal and policy research.
• Compare continental shelf extents and jurisdictional claims in areas like the Timor Sea or Northwest Shelf.
• Study bathymetric and thematic map details for specific regions such as Bass Strait or the Coral Sea.
• Examine projection differences (e.g., Lambert vs. Mercator) for maps of Tasmania and Macquarie Island.

Strengths

• Contains 28 distinct, region-specific maps providing detailed jurisdictional coverage.
• Includes maps for remote territories like Heard Island and McDonald Islands, and the Australian Antarctic Territory.
• Offers multiple map projections (Lambert, Mercator) for key areas like Tasmania for analytical flexibility.

Limitations

• Data is presented as static PDF maps, limiting direct geospatial analysis without conversion to vector formats.
• Sample data and underlying tabular columns (e.g., coordinate data) are unavailable, restricting quantitative use.
• The collection's completeness for all maritime boundaries may be affected by treaty updates not reflected in the maps.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Published external thematic map series.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-07.

Geography

Australia's maritime jurisdiction, including continental shelf, Torres Strait, Timor Sea, Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, Bass Strait, Northwest Shelf, Antarctic Territory, and remote islands.