Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for Central Antarctic Territory

One of 27 maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). This map depicts Australia's extended continental shelf as approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008, along with various maritime zones. Background imagery combines bathymetric data from Smith and Sandwell (1997) and land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Visualize maritime boundaries based on the approved continental shelf limits.
• Analyze bathymetric features using the background grid derived from Smith and Sandwell, 1997.
• Reference jurisdictional zones for legal or environmental assessments in the Australian Antarctic Territory.
• Combine with other maps in the series for a complete view of Australia's maritime jurisdiction.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps, providing a systematic framework.
• Based on an authoritative legal decision from the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008.
• Integrates two established background data sources: Smith and Sandwell bathymetry and NASA Blue Marble 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.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Map creation for the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series'.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 06:55:51.738323; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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