Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for Northern Australia, 2014

Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction off Northern Australia 2014 is a geospatial map depicting Australia's continental shelf as proclaimed in 2012. The map is one of 27 constituent maps in the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series, updated in June 2014 by Geoscience Australia. Background imagery combines bathymetric data from 2009 and 1997 with NASA's Blue Marble land imagery.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime boundaries for legal and policy analysis based on the described continental shelf proclamation.
• Integrating bathymetric background layers for marine spatial planning based on the combined 2009 and 1997 grids mentioned.
• Referencing jurisdictional extents for environmental or resource management off Northern Australia based on the described geographic scope.

Strengths

• Map is part of a standardized national series of 27 constituent maps.
• Background combines multiple authoritative data sources: Geoscience Australia's 2009 bathymetry, Smith and Sandwell's 1997 grid, and NASA's Blue Marble.
• Specific physical dimensions (2800mm x 1050mm) are provided for plotting.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-06-23 01:41:35.532423; freshness should be verified as the underlying legal data is from 2014.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, via the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Derived from legal proclamations and composite geospatial data sources.

Time Range

The map reflects the legal situation as of the Seas and Submerged Lands (Limits of Continental Shelf) Proclamation 2012, updated to conform with 2014 boundary data.

Freshness

The dataset metadata was last updated in 2026, but the map content reflects a 2014 update to conform with Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014 data.

Geography

Focuses on maritime areas off Northern Australia, extending west to Christmas Island but excluding areas around Cocos (Keeling) Islands and areas west of Christmas Island.