Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction North of 25°S 2019 is a map depicting Australia's continental shelf and maritime boundaries north of approximately 25°S. Updated in December 2019 to reflect the 2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty, it includes areas around Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island. The map is part of the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series and uses bathymetry and topographic data from Geoscience Australia and NASA.
Use Cases
- Visualize maritime legal boundaries based on treaty updates mentioned in the description
- Analyze continental shelf extents based on the Seas and Submerged Lands Act proclamation
- Study bathymetric data for oceanographic research based on the background imagery sources
Strengths
- Updated in December 2019 to reflect a 2018 treaty, indicating legal currency
- Background bathymetry derived from specific 2009 and 1997 grids by authoritative sources
- Part of a standardized map series (GeoCat 71789) with 28 constituent maps
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
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 15:01:49.652057; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Australia north of 25°S, including Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island