Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Eastern Antarctic Territory

Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction off the eastern portion of the Australian Antarctic Territory. This map is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). It depicts Australia's extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008 and various maritime zones.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundaries based on the depicted maritime zones.
• Study the extent of the continental shelf based on the approved 2008 limits.
• Use bathymetric data for oceanographic research based on the background grid by Smith and Sandwell, 1997.

Strengths

• Part of a larger series of 27 constituent maps, providing broader context.
• Based on an extended continental shelf approval by an international commission in April 2008.
• Background bathymetry derived from a specific 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 20:30:21.491397; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Eastern portion of the Australian Antarctic Territory