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 was updated in 2019 to reflect the 2018 Australia Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty. The dataset is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated on the platform in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Delineating search and rescue operational zones based on the defined maritime jurisdiction.
• Analyzing changes in maritime boundaries based on the 2018 treaty update mentioned in the description.
• Supporting maritime law enforcement and border protection planning using the jurisdictional map.
• Referencing jurisdictional extents for maritime policy and international relations studies.

Strengths

• Includes an update from 2019 reflecting a specific international treaty (the 2018 Australia Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty).
• Produced for an authoritative government agency (Australian Customs Service/Border Protection).
• Platform metadata indicates a recent last update date of 2026-06-27.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.
• The description references another catalog entry (eCat 132906) for a version without the SAR zone, indicating potential versioning complexity.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, produced for the Australian Customs Service (Border Protection).

Collection Method

Likely produced by cartographic or geospatial analysis for jurisdictional mapping.

Time Range

Map data confirmed from 2012, updated in 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 15:56:55.432636; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's full maritime jurisdiction, including areas related to the Timor-Leste treaty.