Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for Southwestern Western Australia

One of 27 constituent maps from the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). This 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 bathymetric grid from Geoscience Australia with a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell, and land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime zone boundaries based on the depicted extended continental shelf and maritime zones.
• Study seafloor topography using the combined bathymetric background image derived from 2009 and 1997 data sources.
• Reference jurisdictional limits for legal or environmental planning in the Southwestern Western Australia region.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps providing consistent jurisdictional coverage.
• Integrates authoritative bathymetric data from Geoscience Australia (2009) and Smith and Sandwell (1997).
• Based on an extended continental shelf formally approved by an international commission in April 2008.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-06-23 02:19:48.724248; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data.gov.au

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation for the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series'.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 02:19:48.724248

Geography

Maritime jurisdiction off Southwestern Western Australia