Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Central Antarctic Territory

One of 27 maps from the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series, depicting maritime zones and the extended continental shelf approved in April 2008. The map was produced by Geoscience Australia and uses bathymetric data from Smith and Sandwell (1997) and land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble. It is available as an A0-sized PDF for download.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundaries and zones based on the depicted jurisdiction lines.
• Study the extent of the continental shelf based on the 2008 Commission approval.
• Use the bathymetric background for oceanographic or geological research in the region.
• Reference jurisdictional claims for legal or policy analysis concerning the Australian Antarctic Territory.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps, suggesting systematic coverage.
• Based on authoritative sources, including a 2008 Commission approval and NASA's Blue Marble imagery.
• Includes bathymetric data derived from a specific 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell.

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.
• The underlying data is static and based on a 1997 bathymetric model and a 2008 legal decision.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation from legal boundaries and scientific data sources.

Time Range

The jurisdictional data reflects the 2008 Commission approval; background imagery sources are from 1997 and later.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 13:44:54.722425; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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