Australia's Maritime Zones and Continental Shelf Limits, 2014 Edition

Geoscience Australia's Australia's Maritime Zones Edition 5 map supersedes the 2013 edition. It is a digital representation of Australia's territorial sea baseline and maritime limits, including the continental shelf limits confirmed in 2008. The map covers zones from Heard and McDonald Islands to Norfolk Island and the Australian Antarctic Territory.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime jurisdictional zones based on the Sea and Submerged Lands Act 1973.
• Analyzing continental shelf limits confirmed by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.
• Studying international maritime boundary arrangements with neighboring countries mentioned in the description.
• Mapping the extent of Australia's maritime claims from the Torres Strait to the Antarctic Territory.

Strengths

• Derived from the authoritative Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) 2014 data from Geoscience Australia.
• Includes continental shelf limits confirmed by an international commission on 9 April 2008.
• Describes specific boundary arrangements with Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, France, and New Zealand.

Limitations

• Data currency is 2014; geopolitical or legal changes after this date are not reflected.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The primary available format is PDF, which may limit machine-readability and analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Derived from Geoscience Australia's Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) 2014 digital data.

Time Range

Currency 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 15:30:00.036382; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia, including offshore territories and the Australian Antarctic Territory