Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Antarctic Territory

One of 27 maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The map depicts Australia's extended continental shelf approved in April 2008, treaties, and maritime zones over a bathymetric and topographic background. It is produced as a 3400mm x 1050mm PDF file for plotting.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime zone boundaries based on the depicted treaties and continental shelf limits.
• Analyzing bathymetric data based on the combined 2009 9 arc-second and 1997 Smith and Sandwell grids.
• Studying the spatial extent of Australia's jurisdiction claims in the Antarctic region based on the map's coverage.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps providing consistent jurisdictional mapping.
• Integrates multiple authoritative data sources, including a 2008 continental shelf approval and bathymetric grids from 1997 and 2009.
• Available in a high-resolution format (3400mm x 1050mm PDF) suitable for large-format plotting.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is presented as a static map (PDF/HTML), limiting direct computational analysis without extraction.
• Freshness should be verified; the underlying maritime claims and treaties may have evolved since the map's creation.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from cartographic compilation of legal boundaries and scientific grids.

Time Range

Background data spans 1997 to 2009; continental shelf approval date is April 2008.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 06:27:50.946115

Geography

Maritime zones off the Australian Antarctic Territory.