Maritime Jurisdiction Map for Australian Antarctic Territory

One map from the 27-map 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' depicts maritime zones and the extended continental shelf approved in 2008 off the Australian Antarctic Territory. The Australian Ocean Data Network published this geospatial map, which includes bathymetric and land imagery backgrounds. The map is formatted as a 3400mm x 1050mm PDF for large-format plotting.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial extent of Australia's approved continental shelf boundary for legal or policy research.
• Use the bathymetric background layer derived from GA and Smith & Sandwell grids for seafloor topography studies.
• Overlay maritime zone boundaries (e.g., Exclusive Economic Zone) with other thematic data for jurisdictional analysis.
• Study the relationship between treaty-defined maritime zones and the physical continental shelf geography.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps providing consistent jurisdictional coverage.
• Integrates multiple authoritative data sources for bathymetry (GA 2009 grid, Smith and Sandwell 1997) and land imagery (NASA Blue Marble).
• Map dimensions (3400mm x 1050mm) are optimized for high-resolution plotting on a 42-inch plotter.

Limitations

• The underlying continental shelf approval data is from 2008, which may not reflect recent treaties or claims.
• Data is provided only as a static PDF/HTML map, limiting direct geospatial analysis without vector conversion.
• No row/column or sample data is provided, indicating a lack of structured, queryable data formats.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation of approved legal boundaries and scientific grids into a thematic map.

Time Range

Continental shelf approval date is April 2008; bathymetric grids are from 1997 and 2009.

Freshness

Metadata was last updated in April 2026, but the core jurisdictional data reflects a 2008 approval.

Geography

Maritime zones off the Australian Antarctic Territory.