Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Antarctic Territory East

One map from the 27-constituent '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 off the eastern Australian Antarctic Territory. The background bathymetry is derived from a grid by Smith and Sandwell, 1997, and land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary definitions based on the depicted continental shelf and maritime zones.
• Study bathymetric features of the Antarctic continental margin based on the Smith and Sandwell background grid.
• Reference jurisdictional claims for legal or diplomatic research based on the Commission-approved continental shelf limits.
• Integrate as a base layer for thematic mapping of Antarctic activities based on the geospatial maritime framework.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized 27-map series (GeoCat 71789) providing consistent jurisdictional coverage.
• Incorporates authoritative continental shelf limits approved by an international commission in April 2008.
• Background imagery combines bathymetric data from a 1997 scientific grid and land data from NASA's Blue Marble.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Continental shelf limits approved in April 2008; background imagery sources from 1997 and later.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 16:21:07.355821; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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