Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for South Australia

One constituent map from the 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 background bathymetric image is derived from a 2009 9 arc second grid by GA and a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell, with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime jurisdictional boundaries based on the depicted continental shelf and maritime zones.
• Study seabed topography based on the combined bathymetric background image.
• Reference jurisdictional limits for marine resource management based on the approved continental shelf.
• Compare coastal and offshore features based on the Blue Marble land imagery.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized national map series (GeoCat 71789) comprising 27 constituent maps.
• Based on authoritative international approval (Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, April 2008).
• Integrates high-resolution bathymetric data from two specific sources (GA 2009 grid and Smith and Sandwell 1997 grid).

Limitations

• Data format is a static PDF/A0 map; underlying vector or tabular data is not provided.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026-05-05 01:02:48.924484; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation from approved legal boundaries and scientific bathymetric/topographic grids.

Geography

Maritime jurisdiction off South Australia, Australia.