Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Central Antarctic Territory

Geoscience Australia Data provides a map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction off the central Australian Antarctic Territory. The map shows the extended continental shelf approved in 2008 and various maritime zones, with background bathymetry from Smith and Sandwell (1997) and land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789) and is available as an A0-sized PDF.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime zone boundaries based on the depicted extended continental shelf and other zones.
• Study bathymetric features in the region based on the background grid derived from Smith and Sandwell, 1997.
• Reference jurisdictional claims for legal or policy research based on the official map series.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps providing consistent coverage.
• Based on authoritative sources including a 2008 Commission approval and NASA's Blue Marble imagery.
• Background bathymetry is derived from a specific, cited grid (Smith and Sandwell, 1997).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided only in PDF format, which may limit computational analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative uses.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 03:05:12.139280; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Central portion of the Australian Antarctic Territory and surrounding maritime areas.