Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for Central Western Australia

One of 27 constituent maps from the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series'. The map depicts Australia's extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008 and various maritime zones. Background bathymetry is derived 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

• Analyze maritime boundaries and zones based on the depicted continental shelf and jurisdictional lines.
• Study seafloor topography based on the background bathymetric imagery derived from combined grids.
• Reference legal and administrative maritime limits for Central Western Australia based on the official map series.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps providing consistent coverage.
• Based on an extended continental shelf boundary approved by an international commission in 2008.
• Background bathymetry combines data from a 2009 9 arc second grid and a 1997 scientific grid.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on Australian jurisdiction.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official maritime boundary declarations and scientific bathymetric surveys.

Time Range

The continental shelf boundary reflects a 2008 approval; background imagery uses data from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-16 17:38:01.580183; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Central Western Australia's offshore maritime jurisdiction.