Australia's Northwest Shelf Maritime Jurisdiction Map 2014

Australia's Northwest Shelf is the focus of this A0-sized thematic map depicting the nation's maritime jurisdiction and continental shelf limits. The map is one of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789) and conforms to the 'Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014' data from Geoscience Australia. Its background combines a 2009 9 arc-second bathymetric grid with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Legal and policy analysis based on the proclaimed continental shelf limits from the 2012 Proclamation.
• Marine spatial planning using the depicted maritime jurisdiction boundaries off the Northwest Shelf.
• Geospatial reference and education leveraging the combined bathymetric and topographic background imagery.
• Integration into a series context as part of the 27-map 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series'.

Strengths

• Derived from authoritative sources, specifically Geoscience Australia's 'Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014' data.
• Includes detailed background imagery combining a 2009 9 arc-second bathymetric grid and NASA's Blue Marble.
• Part of a standardized series, indicating consistent methodology across 27 related maps.

Limitations

• The core spatial data reflects a 2014 update, which may not incorporate subsequent legal or geodetic changes.
• Metadata for key attributes like row count, specific license, and author is consistently missing across all platform entries.
• Available only as a static PDF (A0 size), limiting machine-readability and direct geospatial analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, via the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Cartographic production, updated to conform with the 2014 Australian Maritime Boundaries data.

Time Range

2014

Freshness

Platform metadata was last updated in April 2026, but the dataset itself was updated in June 2014.

Geography

Maritime zone off the Northwest Shelf of Australia.