Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map with 2018 Treaty Updates

A wall map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction, including the 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. It was updated in March 2020 to reflect the 2018 Australia-Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime zone boundaries based on the map's depiction of territorial sea baselines and outer limits.
• Analyzing changes in maritime jurisdiction based on the 2018 Australia-Timor-Leste treaty update.
• Referencing the indicative location of Australia's extended continental shelf for regional studies.

Strengths

• Updated in March 2020 to incorporate a major 2018 international treaty.
• Combines seabed (Etopo2) and land (NASA Blue Marble) imagery for context.

Limitations

• The map is described as indicative only and not a definitive source; some limits may be subject to change.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Cartographic compilation based on official approvals and treaties.

Time Range

Map reflects data up to the 2018 treaty, updated in 2020.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 21:32:34.740799; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's maritime jurisdiction.