Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map with 2018 Timor-Leste Treaty

A wall map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction, including its extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008. The map uses a blue Etopo2 seabed background and NASA Blue Marble land imagery, updated in March 2020 to reflect the 2018 Australia-Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty. It is published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and is indicative only, not a definitive legal source.

Use Cases

• Visualizing Australia's maritime zones based on the described continental shelf limits and territorial sea baselines.
• Analyzing changes in maritime boundaries based on the 2018 Australia-Timor-Leste treaty mentioned in the description.
• Creating educational or reference materials using the described NASA Blue Marble and Etopo2 background imagery.

Strengths

• Updated in March 2020 to incorporate a specific treaty from 2018.
• Integrates multiple authoritative data sources: Etopo2 seabed data and NASA Blue Marble land imagery.
• Explicitly states its indicative nature, clarifying its intended use.

Limitations

• The description explicitly states it should NOT be used as a definitive source of information and that some limits may be subject to change.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation based on legal and scientific data.

Time Range

Data reflects status as of March 2020, incorporating a 2008 continental shelf approval and a 2018 treaty.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 01:13:29.828169; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's maritime jurisdiction and boundaries with Timor-Leste.