Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for Central Western Australia

A 2008 map depicting Australia's extended continental shelf and maritime zones off Central Western Australia. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The background combines bathymetric data from a 2009 9 arc second grid and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell, with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime boundaries and jurisdiction based on the described continental shelf and maritime zones.
• Analyzing seabed topography for the region based on the combined bathymetric background imagery.
• Referencing official jurisdictional claims for legal or policy research based on the 2008 Commission approval.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps providing consistent coverage.
• Based on authoritative sources, including a 2008 Commission approval and grids from Geoscience Australia and published research.
• Integrates multiple data sources for background imagery, including NASA's Blue Marble.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided as a static A0 PDF map, limiting direct computational analysis.
• Freshness should be verified; the underlying bathymetric data is from 2009 and 1997.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, part of the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series'.

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation based on Commission approvals and scientific grids.

Time Range

Map reflects the 2008 continental shelf approval; background imagery from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 23:20:54.847097; underlying map data is from 2008-2009.

Geography

Central Western Australia coast and adjacent maritime areas.