A wall map depicting Australia's maritime jurisdiction zones, including the extended continental shelf approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008. The map uses seabed imagery from Etopo2 and land imagery from NASA Blue Marble, updated in March 2020 to reflect the 2018 Australia-Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty. It is published by the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Visualizing maritime boundaries based on the map's depiction of territorial sea baselines and outer limits.
- Analyzing changes in international maritime agreements based on the 2020 update reflecting the 2018 treaty.
- Studying continental shelf geography based on the Etopo2 seabed background imagery.
- Creating educational or reference materials based on the indicative map of Australia's maritime zones.
Strengths
- Map incorporates authoritative international legal decisions, specifically the continental shelf limits approved in April 2008.
- Updated in March 2020 to include a recent treaty, the 2018 Australia-Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty.
- Combines multiple data sources, including Etopo2 seabed data and NASA Blue Marble land imagery.
Limitations
- The map is described as 'indicative only' and should not be used as a definitive source of information.
- Some limits may be subject to change, indicating potential instability in the data.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
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- Time Range
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- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-05 00:35:33.091666; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia's maritime jurisdiction zones