Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for South Australia with Bathymetry

One map from the 27-constituent 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). It depicts Australia's extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008 and various maritime zones off South Australia. The Australian Ocean Data Network provides the map as an A0-sized PDF, with background imagery derived from bathymetric and topographic grids from 2009 and 1997.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime zone boundaries based on the depicted continental shelf and jurisdictional lines.
• Study ocean floor topography based on the integrated bathymetric background imagery.
• Reference legal maritime claims off South Australia based on the 2008 Commission approval details.

Strengths

• Part of a defined 27-map series (GeoCat 71789), providing structured context.
• Background bathymetry integrates data from a 2009 9 arc-second grid and a 1997 source, suggesting multi-source validation.
• Specific approval date (April 2008) for the continental shelf limits is provided.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided only in PDF and HTML formats, which may limit computational analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative tasks.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official maritime legal documents and integrated geospatial data sources.

Time Range

The continental shelf limits were approved in April 2008; background imagery sources date from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 06:52:26.790248; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Maritime jurisdiction off the coast of South Australia, Australia.