A geospatial map delineating Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction, including its Search and Rescue Region. The Australian Ocean Data Network produced this map for the Australian Customs Service (Border Protection). It was updated in 2019 to incorporate changes from the 2018 Australia Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty.
Use Cases
- Visualize maritime boundaries for legal and jurisdictional analysis based on the map's delineated zones.
- Plan and coordinate search and rescue operations based on the defined Search and Rescue Region.
- Analyze changes in international maritime boundaries based on the 2019 update reflecting a treaty.
- Support maritime policy and border protection activities based on the map produced for the Australian Customs Service.
Strengths
- Map was updated in 2019 to reflect a specific treaty change (2018 Australia Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty).
- Produced for an authoritative 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.
- Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 14:20:47.545856; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia's maritime jurisdiction