Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for Northern Australia, 2014

Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction off Northern Australia 2014 is a map depicting Australia's continental shelf as proclaimed in the Seas and Submerged Lands (Limits of Continental Shelf) Proclamation 2012. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series, updated in June 2014 by Geoscience Australia. The background bathymetry image is derived from a 2009 9 arc second grid and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime legal boundaries based on the proclaimed continental shelf.
• Analyzing bathymetric data for oceanographic research based on the combined background grids.
• Creating composite maps for regional maritime jurisdiction series based on the 27 constituent map series.

Strengths

• Map is part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps.
• Background bathymetry combines two specific grids from 2009 and 1997.
• Map size is specified as 2800mm x 1050mm for a 42-inch plotter.

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, excluding areas around Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Time Range

2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 16:15:51.976446; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Australia, including areas contiguous to the north of the continent and as far west as Christmas Island.