Maritime Jurisdiction Map of Eastern Australian Antarctic Territory

One of 27 maps from the Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series, depicting the approved extended continental shelf and various maritime zones off the eastern Australian Antarctic Territory. The map integrates bathymetric data from Smith and Sandwell (1997) and land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial boundaries of the approved extended continental shelf for maritime legal and policy research.
• Use the integrated bathymetric data for geological and oceanographic studies of the Antarctic seafloor.
• Reference the depicted maritime zones for marine spatial planning and jurisdictional assessments.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 constituent maps ensuring consistent thematic coverage.
• Integrates authoritative bathymetric data from a 1997 grid by Smith and Sandwell.
• Includes maritime zones based on the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf's 2008 approval.

Limitations

• Data is static and based on a 2008 approval, lacking recent updates or temporal dynamics.
• Available only as a PDF/A0 map image, limiting direct geospatial analysis without digitization.
• Focus is limited to the eastern portion of the Australian Antarctic Territory, not the full region.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Thematic map creation as part of a published external map series.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Maritime jurisdiction off the eastern Australian Antarctic Territory