Edition 5, published in 2014, supersedes the previous 2013 map. This map is a digital representation of Australia's territorial sea baseline and maritime limits and boundaries, derived from Geoscience Australia's Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) 2014 data. It describes different maritime zones, explains boundary definitions and updates, and lists arrangements with neighboring countries.
Use Cases
- Visualizing Australia's territorial sea and continental shelf limits based on the Sea and Submerged Lands Act 1973.
- Analyzing maritime boundary arrangements with Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, France, and New Zealand as listed on the map.
- Mapping unresolved continental shelf areas and the Antarctic Territory region Australia requested the Commission not consider.
- Studying the geographic extent of maritime zones from Heard and McDonald Islands to Norfolk Island and from the Torres Strait to the Antarctic Territory.
Strengths
- Derived from the authoritative Geoscience Australia Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) 2014 data.
- Includes continental shelf limits confirmed by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf on 9 April 2008.
- Shows the full geographic extent of Australia's maritime boundaries across its territories.
Limitations
- Data format is PDF and HTML; the underlying vector or tabular data is not directly accessible.
- Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
- Currency is 2014; updates since then are not reflected.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Derived from Geoscience Australia's Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) 2014 data.
- Time Range
- 2014
- Freshness
- 2014
- Geography
- Australia