Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for South Australia

Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction off South Australia is a constituent map of the 27-part Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series. It depicts the extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008 and various maritime zones. The map was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and uses bathymetric and topographic background imagery from sources including a 2009 grid and NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Define maritime legal boundaries based on the depicted continental shelf and maritime zones.
• Analyze ocean floor topography using the integrated bathymetric and topographic background grid.
• Support cartographic and educational projects with a high-resolution A0-sized map of the region.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized 27-map series (GeoCat 71789) providing consistent jurisdictional data.
• Integrates multiple authoritative data sources, including a 2009 9 arc second bathymetric grid and NASA's Blue Marble imagery.
• Based on a formally approved continental shelf boundary from April 2008.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on Australian claims.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from cartographic sources and official boundary determinations.

Time Range

The continental shelf boundary was approved in April 2008; background imagery dates from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 09:41:36.883490; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Maritime zones off the coast of South Australia, Australia.