Australia Maritime Jurisdiction Map North Of 25°S 2019

Australia's maritime jurisdiction north of 25°S is depicted in a 3277mm x 1050mm PDF map, updated in December 2019 to reflect the Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty. The map includes areas around Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island, and the continental north, with bathymetry derived from Geoscience Australia and W.H.F. Smith/D.T. Sandwell 1997 grids.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundaries and continental shelf extents from the PDF map for legal and jurisdictional studies.
• Use the bathymetry data layer for marine spatial planning and habitat modeling in northern Australian waters.
• Reference the updated treaty boundaries for geopolitical analysis of Australia/Timor-Leste maritime relations.
• Integrate the map's land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble for coastal zone management visualizations.

Strengths

• Map updated in December 2019 to incorporate a major international treaty (Australia/Timor-Leste 2018).
• Background bathymetry combines high-resolution data from Geoscience Australia (2009) and Smith/Sandwell (1997).
• Part of a standardized map series (Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series) comprising 28 constituent maps.

Limitations

• Data is provided as a static PDF map, not as machine-readable geospatial features or tabular data.
• The primary format is a large-format plotter PDF (3277mm x 1050mm), requiring specialized tools for detailed GIS analysis.
• Updates are infrequent, with the last documented update in 2019, potentially missing recent jurisdictional changes.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation and update from treaty documents and authoritative maritime boundary data.

Time Range

Updated December 2019; reflects the 2018 treaty and the 2012 Continental Shelf Proclamation.

Freshness

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Geography

Australia's maritime jurisdiction north of latitude 25°S, including areas around Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island.