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 uses a bathymetric grid 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 claims for legal or diplomatic analysis of Antarctic territories.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 maps providing consistent coverage.
• Based on the extended continental shelf formally approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008.
• Incorporates background bathymetry 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.
• Freshness should be verified; the last metadata update is 2026-06-23.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data.gov.au

Collection Method

Derived from official maritime jurisdiction data and background imagery sources.

Time Range

The continental shelf data reflects the 2008 approval; background imagery sources are from 1997 and later.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 01:13:12.320556

Geography

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