Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction and Search and Rescue Region Map

A 2019 map update reflects the 2018 Australia Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty. Geoscience Australia produced this map showing the full extent of Australia's maritime jurisdiction, including confirmed and unconfirmed continental shelf areas. It was originally created for the Australian Customs Service (Border Protection) with a simplified legend.

Use Cases

• Delineating search and rescue operational zones based on the defined maritime jurisdiction.
• Analyzing changes in maritime boundaries following the 2018 treaty with Timor-Leste.
• Referencing confirmed and unconfirmed continental shelf areas for legal or environmental studies.

Strengths

• Updated in 2019 to incorporate a major 2018 international treaty.
• Produced by the authoritative national geoscience organization, Geoscience Australia.
• Covers the full spatial extent of Australia's maritime jurisdiction.

Limitations

• Data is provided as PDF and HTML map files; the underlying vector/raster data is not directly accessible.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Time Range

Reflects boundaries as of the 2019 update, incorporating the 2018 treaty.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 03:20:21.117106; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's maritime jurisdiction and Search and Rescue Region.