Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for Southwestern Western Australia

One of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The map depicts Australia's extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008 and various maritime zones. Background imagery combines a 2009 9 arc second bathymetric grid and NASA's Blue Marble land imagery.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime boundaries and zones based on the depicted jurisdiction.
• Analyzing continental shelf extents based on the 2008 Commission approval.
• Integrating bathymetric data based on the combined 2009 and 1997 background grids.
• Studying coastal geography based on the NASA Blue Marble land imagery.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps for consistent national coverage.
• Background bathymetry derived from a specific 2009 9 arc second grid and a 1997 source.
• Includes legally defined maritime zones and the 2008-approved continental shelf.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided as a static A0 PDF map, limiting direct computational analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from official maritime jurisdiction data and combined bathymetric/land imagery grids.

Time Range

Maritime boundaries reflect a 2008 approval; background imagery sources from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 19:33:14.076967; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southwestern Western Australia, Australia's maritime jurisdiction.