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 2012 proclamation. The map is one of 27 constituent maps in the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series, updated in June 2014 to conform with Geoscience Australia's Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014 data. Background imagery combines bathymetric data from Geoscience Australia and W.H.F. Smith and D.T. Sandwell, 1997, with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Define maritime boundaries for legal and policy analysis based on the proclaimed continental shelf limits.
• Visualize bathymetric and topographic context for marine spatial planning based on the combined background grid.
• Analyze Australia's maritime jurisdiction extent in the northern region based on the map's geographic scope.

Strengths

• Map is part of a formal 27-map series (GeoCat 71789) produced by a national authority.
• Background bathymetry is derived from specific, cited sources (Geoscience Australia 2009 grid and Smith & Sandwell 1997).
• Spatial extent is clearly defined, covering areas north of the continent and as far west as Christmas Island.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-06-17 02:17:27.466571; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, based on data from Geoscience Australia.

Collection Method

Derived from official maritime boundary data and bathymetric grids.

Time Range

Boundaries reflect the 2012 proclamation; map updated 2014.

Freshness

Updated June 2014; metadata last updated 2026-06-17.

Geography

Covers Australia's maritime jurisdiction off Northern Australia, including areas contiguous to the north and west to Christmas Island.