Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Eastern Antarctic Territory

One of 27 constituent 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, 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 zone boundaries based on the depicted continental shelf and jurisdictional lines.
• Analyze bathymetric context for the region based on the Smith and Sandwell (1997) grid background.
• Reference approved continental shelf limits for the eastern Australian Antarctic Territory as of April 2008.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps providing consistent jurisdictional coverage.
• Integrates authoritative bathymetric (Smith and Sandwell, 1997) and land imagery (NASA Blue Marble) sources.
• Based on an extended continental shelf approval documented by an international commission in April 2008.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation for the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series'.

Time Range

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 18:13:14.401057; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Maritime jurisdiction off the eastern portion of the Australian Antarctic Territory.