Maritime Jurisdiction Map of Eastern Australian Antarctic Territory

One map in a 27-map series depicts Australia's maritime jurisdiction off the eastern Australian Antarctic Territory. The Australian Ocean Data Network published this map, which shows an extended continental shelf approved in April 2008. It is available as an A0-sized PDF.

Use Cases

• Analyze the approved extended continental shelf boundary for legal or policy research.
• Integrate maritime zone boundaries with other geospatial datasets for regional mapping.
• Use the bathymetric background derived from Smith and Sandwell, 1997 for oceanographic studies.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps for consistent coverage.
• Based on a formal continental shelf submission approved by an international commission in 2008.
• Includes derived bathymetric and land imagery layers for geographic context.

Limitations

• Data is static and based on a 2008 approval, potentially missing recent developments.
• The primary format is a PDF map, limiting direct machine-readability and analysis of underlying vector data.
• Specific spatial coordinates, metadata, and the exact data collection methodology are not detailed in the description.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, part of the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789).

Collection Method

Cartographic representation of legally defined maritime zones and an approved continental shelf submission.

Time Range

The continental shelf approval is from April 2008.

Freshness

Metadata was last updated in April 2026, but the underlying legal data is from 2008.

Geography

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