Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for Central 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 by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008 and various maritime zones off the central Australian Antarctic Territory. Background imagery includes bathymetry from Smith and Sandwell (1997) and land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime zone boundaries based on the depicted continental shelf and jurisdictional lines.
• Study bathymetric features of the Antarctic seabed based on the Smith and Sandwell grid background.
• Reference geopolitical claims in the Antarctic region based on the approved continental shelf limits.
• Create composite jurisdictional maps based on this constituent map of a 27-part series.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized 27-map series (GeoCat 71789) providing consistent coverage.
• Based on an extended continental shelf formally approved by an international commission in April 2008.
• Integrates multiple data sources, including a specific bathymetric grid (Smith and Sandwell, 1997) and NASA Blue Marble imagery.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.
• Data is presented as a static A0 PDF map, limiting direct machine-readability and analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation from approved legal boundaries and scientific imagery sources.

Time Range

The continental shelf approval is from April 2008; background data sources are from 1997 and later.

Freshness

Last updated 2026 05 14 09:16:53.144213; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Central portion of the Australian Antarctic Territory and its surrounding maritime jurisdiction.