Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map with Continental Shelf Boundaries

One of 27 constituent maps from the 'Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series' (GeoCat 71789). The map depicts Australia's extended continental shelf as approved by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008. Background imagery combines bathymetry from Geoscience Australia (2009) and Smith & Sandwell (1997) with land imagery from NASA's Blue Marble.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime boundaries for legal and policy analysis based on the depicted jurisdiction and continental shelf.
• Creating reference maps for educational or planning purposes based on the A0-sized wall map format.
• Analyzing bathymetric data for marine research based on the combined background grids from Geoscience Australia and Smith & Sandwell.
• Studying the geography of Australia's external territories based on their inclusion in the map.

Strengths

• Part of a defined 27-map series (GeoCat 71789), providing a structured collection.
• Incorporates authoritative bathymetry and topographic data from Geoscience Australia (2009) and Smith & Sandwell (1997).
• Based on the officially approved continental shelf limits from the UN Commission (April 2008).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.
• Data is provided as a static PDF map, limiting direct machine-readability and analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from bathymetric grids and official maritime boundary data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 06:55:18.627431; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's maritime jurisdiction, including external territories and the Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT).