One of 27 maps in Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series, depicting the extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008. The map includes various maritime zones and uses a background bathymetric image derived from a 2009 9 arc second grid and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell. It is an A0 sized PDF downloadable from the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Analyze maritime boundary definitions based on the depicted continental shelf and zones.
- Study bathymetric features of the Central Western Australian coast based on the combined grid background.
- Create reference maps for legal or environmental assessments based on the official jurisdictional data.
- Compare seabed topography across different datasets based on the 2009 and 1997 bathymetric grids.
Strengths
- Part of a 27-map series providing a systematic national coverage.
- Based on an officially approved continental shelf definition from April 2008.
- Background bathymetry combines two authoritative grids from 2009 and 1997.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 15:12:34.388911; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Central Western Australia