Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction and Search and Rescue Region Map

A map depicting the full extent of Australia's maritime jurisdiction, including its Search and Rescue Region. Produced by Geoscience Australia for the Australian Customs Service, the map was updated in 2019 to incorporate changes from the 2018 Australia Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime jurisdiction for legal and policy analysis based on the described treaty updates.
• Planning search and rescue operations based on the defined Search and Rescue Region.
• Studying international maritime boundary changes based on the 2018 Australia Timor-Leste treaty.

Strengths

• Updated in 2019 to reflect a specific international treaty (the 2018 Australia Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty).
• Produced by Geoscience Australia for an official government agency (Australian Customs Service).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 04:46:42.329246; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's maritime jurisdiction