Maritime Jurisdiction Map of Central Western Australia

One of 27 constituent maps in Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series, depicting the extended continental shelf approved in April 2008 and various maritime zones. The A0-sized PDF combines bathymetric data from 2009 and 1997 sources with NASA Blue Marble land imagery.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime zone boundaries and the approved extended continental shelf for legal and administrative purposes.
• Use bathymetric imagery derived from 2009 and 1997 grids for seafloor topography studies.
• Integrate background land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble for coastal region visualization.
• Reference the map as part of the 27-map series for comprehensive jurisdictional analysis.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 national maritime jurisdiction maps.
• Incorporates authoritative bathymetric and topographic grids from 2009 and 1997.
• Based on the extended continental shelf formally approved by the CLCS in April 2008.

Limitations

• Data is a static PDF map with no underlying tabular or vector data for computational analysis.
• Primary bathymetric background source is from 2009, potentially outdated for recent seafloor changes.
• Limited to the geographic scope of Central Western Australia.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation for the national Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series (GeoCat 71789).

Time Range

Maritime jurisdiction based on 2008 approval; bathymetry from 1997 and 2009 grids.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, but core jurisdictional and bathymetric data is from 2008-2009.

Geography

Central Western Australia maritime region.