Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map with Search and Rescue Region

A map showing the full extent of Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction, produced for the Australian Customs Service. It was updated in 2019 to reflect the 2018 Australia Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty and includes a simplified legend showing confirmed and unconfirmed areas from 2012. The dataset is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Visualizing Australia's maritime jurisdiction for policy reference based on the map data.
• Planning search and rescue operations based on the defined SAR region.
• Analyzing changes in maritime boundaries based on the 2018 treaty update.
• Referencing confirmed and unconfirmed maritime areas for legal or operational purposes.

Strengths

• Updated in 2019 to reflect a 2018 international treaty, suggesting recent legal relevance.
• Produced for an official agency (Australian Customs Service), indicating authoritative source.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided as PDF and HTML, which may limit direct machine-readability for analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Produced for the Australian Customs Service (Border Protection).

Time Range

Includes data from 2012 and a 2019 update.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 17:14:52.828322; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's maritime jurisdiction.