Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map with 2020 Updates

Australia's maritime jurisdiction, including its extended continental shelf approved in 2008 and updated in 2020 to reflect the 2018 Australia-Timor-Leste treaty. The map is a thematic visualization on a seabed and land imagery background, created by Geoscience Australia. It is described as indicative only and should not be used as a definitive legal source.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime zone boundaries based on the thematic map depiction.
• Referencing indicative continental shelf limits based on the 2008 Commission approval.
• Analyzing changes in maritime boundaries based on the 2018 treaty update mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Map updated in March 2020 to reflect a 2018 treaty.
• Based on seabed imagery from Etopo2 and land imagery from NASA Blue Marble.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The map is explicitly described as indicative only and not a definitive legal source.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Thematic map creation using satellite and seabed imagery.

Time Range

Map reflects boundaries as of 2020, based on a 2008 approval and a 2018 treaty.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 19:02:55.249329; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's maritime jurisdiction.