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

Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction: Search and Rescue Region is a map showing the full extent of Australia's maritime jurisdiction. The map was produced for the Australian Customs Service (Border Protection) and updated in 2019 to reflect the 2018 Australia Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty. It is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime boundaries for policy analysis based on the described jurisdiction map.
• Planning search and rescue operations based on the defined Search and Rescue Region.
• Analyzing changes in maritime borders based on the 2018 treaty update mentioned in the description.
• Referencing jurisdictional limits for legal or customs enforcement work based on the map's original production for Border Protection.

Strengths

• Updated in 2019 to incorporate a specific treaty change from 2018.
• Produced for an authoritative government agency (Australian Customs Service).
• Hosted by a dedicated ocean data network (Australian Ocean Data Network).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• 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.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Cartographic production for government agency, likely based on legal and treaty definitions.

Time Range

Map reflects boundaries confirmed in 2012 and updated per a 2018 treaty.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 23:40:26.060635; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's full maritime jurisdiction and Search and Rescue Region.