Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map for the Western Antarctic Territory

Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction off the western portion of the Australian Antarctic Territory is depicted in this map. It is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789), showing the extended continental shelf approved in April 2008 and various maritime zones. The map was produced by Geoscience Australia and uses bathymetric data from Smith and Sandwell (1997) and land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundaries and zones based on the depicted jurisdiction lines.
• Study the extent of the continental shelf based on the 2008 Commission approval.
• Use the bathymetric background for oceanographic or geological research in the region.
• Reference jurisdictional limits for legal or policy documentation concerning the Australian Antarctic Territory.

Strengths

• Part of a defined series of 27 maps, providing a structured collection.
• Based on a specific legal decision (Commission approval in April 2008).
• Incorporates established background data sources (Smith and Sandwell 1997, NASA Blue Marble).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided as a static PDF/A0 map, limiting direct computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Derived from a grid by Smith and Sandwell, 1997, and NASA's Blue Marble imagery.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 13:47:02.703793; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Western portion of the Australian Antarctic Territory and surrounding maritime areas.