Australia Maritime Jurisdiction Map with Search and Rescue Region

Geoscience Australia Data provides a map detailing Australia's maritime jurisdiction, including the Search and Rescue Region. The map was updated in 2019 to incorporate changes from the 2018 Australia Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial extent of the Search and Rescue Region for maritime safety planning.
• Examine changes in maritime boundaries following the 2018 treaty update.
• Use the simplified legend to distinguish confirmed and unconfirmed continental shelf areas for legal or administrative review.

Strengths

• Map updated in 2019 to reflect a 2018 international treaty.
• Produced for the Australian Customs Service (Border Protection), indicating an official administrative purpose.
• Includes a simplified legend categorizing confirmed and unconfirmed continental shelf areas.

Limitations

• Data is presented only as a map in HTML or PDF format, lacking structured tabular or geospatial data files for direct analysis.
• No sample data or column definitions are provided, limiting machine-readability.
• The underlying spatial data and specific coordinate boundaries are not directly accessible from the provided description.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Produced as a map for the Australian Customs Service (Border Protection).

Time Range

Reflects boundaries confirmed as of 2012 and updated per a 2018 treaty.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 07.

Geography

Australia's full maritime jurisdiction.