Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for South Australia with Bathymetry

A geospatial map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction off the coast of South Australia. It is one of 27 maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' and shows the extended continental shelf approved in April 2008, along with various maritime zones. The background combines bathymetric data from 2009 and 1997 with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary claims based on the depicted continental shelf and maritime zones.
• Study seabed topography based on the combined bathymetric grid background.
• Reference jurisdictional limits for marine spatial planning based on the official map series.
• Integrate base map layers for regional oceanographic modeling based on the bathymetric and land imagery.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps, providing consistent coverage.
• Based on an officially approved continental shelf boundary from April 2008.
• Background combines multiple authoritative data sources: a 2009 GA grid and a 1997 Smith and Sandwell grid.

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.
• The primary format is a static A0-sized PDF, which may limit machine-readability and data extraction.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from official maritime boundary determinations and composite bathymetric/imagery grids.

Time Range

The continental shelf boundary was approved in April 2008; background data sources range from 1997 to 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 05:12:18.491663; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Maritime jurisdiction off the coast of South Australia, Australia.