Australia's Maritime Zones and Boundaries Map Edition 4, 2013

Edition 4, published in 2013, supersedes the 2006 Edition 3 map. This geospatial dataset is a digital representation of Australia's territorial sea baseline and maritime limits and boundaries, derived from Geoscience Australia's Australian Maritime Boundaries version 2.0. It includes continental shelf limits confirmed in 2008 and lists boundary arrangements with neighboring countries.

Use Cases

• Visualizing the extent of Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone based on the described maritime limits.
• Analyzing continental shelf claims for resource exploration based on the 2008 Commission confirmation.
• Studying international maritime boundary agreements with Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and others as listed.
• Mapping jurisdictional zones for environmental or fisheries management based on the territorial sea baseline.

Strengths

• Derived from the authoritative Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) version 2.0 data from Geoscience Australia.
• Includes continental shelf limits confirmed by the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf on 9 April 2008.
• Lists specific maritime boundary arrangements with five neighboring countries and territories.

Limitations

• Data is delivered as a PDF/HTML map; the underlying vector/raster data format and structure are unknown.
• The dataset currency is 2013; boundary changes after this date are not reflected.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent, limiting suitability assessment for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, derived from Geoscience Australia's Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) version 2.0.

Collection Method

Digital representation of limits established under the Sea and Submerged Lands Act 1973.

Time Range

Boundaries current as of the 2008 continental shelf confirmation; map edition published in 2013.

Freshness

Currency is 2013; metadata was last updated on the platform in 2026.

Geography

Australia, including external territories from Heard and McDonald Islands to Norfolk Island and the Australian Antarctic Territory.