A geospatial map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction off Northern Australia, including the extended continental shelf approved in 2008, treaties, and various maritime zones. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The background combines bathymetry data from Geoscience Australia (2009) and Smith & Sandwell (1997) with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.
Use Cases
- Visualizing maritime boundaries and treaties based on the depicted jurisdiction zones.
- Analyzing continental shelf extent based on the 2008 Commission-approved data.
- Studying bathymetric features off Northern Australia using the combined background grid.
- Creating thematic maps for regional maritime governance based on the defined zones.
Strengths
- Part of a standardized series comprising 27 constituent maps (GeoCat 71789).
- Integrates authoritative bathymetry data from Geoscience Australia (2009) and Smith & Sandwell (1997).
- Based on the extended continental shelf boundaries formally approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The map excludes areas around Cocos (Keeling) Islands and west of Christmas Island.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 16:13:35.760650; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia's maritime jurisdiction off Northern Australia, excluding Cocos (Keeling) Islands and areas west of Christmas Island.