Australia's Northwest Shelf Maritime Jurisdiction Map, 2014

One of 27 constituent maps in the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The map depicts Australia's continental shelf as proclaimed in the 2012 proclamation and was updated in June 2014 to conform with Geoscience Australia's 'Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014' data. Background imagery combines bathymetric data from 2009 and 1997 with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Define legal maritime boundaries for resource exploration based on the proclaimed continental shelf limits.
• Analyze ocean floor topography for scientific research using the combined bathymetric background imagery.
• Create reference maps for maritime law and policy using the official jurisdiction series.
• Study changes in maritime boundary definitions by comparing with earlier map versions.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized series of 27 official maritime jurisdiction maps.
• Updated to conform with the authoritative 'Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014' dataset from Geoscience Australia.
• Background combines multiple high-resolution data sources, including a 2009 9 arc second grid and NASA imagery.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided only in PDF and HTML formats, which may limit computational analysis.
• Last updated 2026-04-20 02:25:12.192570; freshness should be verified for current legal applications.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Derived from official proclamations and bathymetric surveys.

Time Range

2014 (map update), referencing 2012 proclamation and background data from 1997-2009.

Freshness

Updated June 2014; metadata last updated 2026-04-20.

Geography

Australia's Northwest Shelf maritime jurisdiction area.