Maritime Jurisdiction Map of South Australia's Continental Shelf

A thematic map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction off South Australia, part of a 27-map national series. It shows the extended continental shelf approved in 2008 and various maritime zones, with a background combining bathymetric and topographic data from 2009 and 1997. The map is available as an A0-sized PDF.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial extent of the approved continental shelf boundary for maritime legal studies.
• Use the bathymetric background layer for coastal and marine spatial planning in the AU-SA region.
• Reference maritime zone boundaries, such as the exclusive economic zone, for jurisdictional analysis.
• Integrate the map as a base layer for thematic studies on marine jurisdiction or administrative boundaries.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized national series of 27 constituent maritime jurisdiction maps.
• Incorporates authoritative bathymetric data from a 2009 9 arc-second grid and a 1997 source.
• Depicts legally defined maritime zones, including the continental shelf approved by an international commission in 2008.

Limitations

• Data is static and represented as a PDF map, not a machine-readable geospatial dataset.
• The underlying bathymetric and topographic grids are from 2009 and 1997, which may not reflect recent changes.
• No tabular data or feature attributes are provided for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation for a published external thematic map series.

Time Range

The continental shelf boundary reflects the April 2008 approval; background imagery dates from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

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Geography

Maritime jurisdiction off the coast of South Australia (AU-SA).