Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction and Search and Rescue Region Map, Updated 2019

A map showing the full extent of Australia's maritime jurisdiction, produced for the Australian Customs Service (Border Protection). The dataset was updated in 2019 to incorporate changes from the 2018 Australia Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty. It is published by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime jurisdiction boundaries for policy analysis based on the described map.
• Planning search and rescue operations based on the defined Search and Rescue Region.
• Analyzing changes in maritime boundaries based on the 2018 treaty update mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Updated in 2019 to reflect a specific treaty change from 2018.
• Produced for an authoritative government agency, the Australian Customs Service (Border Protection).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official legal and cartographic sources.

Time Range

Updated in 2019, referencing data from 2012 and a 2018 treaty.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 15:33:46.070932; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's maritime jurisdiction and Search and Rescue Region.