Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Central Antarctic Territory

One of 27 constituent maps in 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 the central Australian Antarctic Territory. The background bathymetric image is derived from a grid by Smith and Sandwell, 1997, and land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary claims based on the depicted extended continental shelf and maritime zones.
• Study bathymetric features of the Antarctic seabed based on the Smith and Sandwell 1997 grid background.
• Create reference maps for legal and diplomatic discussions concerning Antarctic territorial jurisdiction.
• Integrate jurisdictional boundaries with other geospatial datasets for regional analysis.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps providing consistent jurisdictional coverage.
• Based on an officially approved continental shelf submission from April 2008.
• Incorporates bathymetric data from a published 1997 grid and NASA's Blue Marble land imagery.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from official maritime jurisdiction definitions and published bathymetric/imagery sources.

Time Range

Maritime zones reflect the April 2008 continental shelf approval; background imagery sources are from 1997 and later.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 03:48:48.456769; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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