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

Edition 5 of Australia's official maritime zones map supersedes the 2013 version. The map is derived from Geoscience Australia's 2014 Australian Maritime Boundaries data, representing the territorial sea baseline and limits established under the Sea and Submerged Lands Act 1973. It includes continental shelf limits confirmed by the UN Commission in 2008 and details boundary arrangements with neighboring nations.

Use Cases

• Visualizing the extent of Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone based on the described maritime limits.
• Analyzing continental shelf claims, including resolved and unresolved areas mentioned in the description.
• Studying international maritime boundary agreements with Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and other nations listed.
• Mapping jurisdictional zones from the Torres Strait to the Australian Antarctic Territory as described.

Strengths

• Based on the authoritative Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) 2014 data from Geoscience Australia.
• Incorporates continental shelf limits confirmed by the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf on 9 April 2008.
• Explicitly lists maritime boundary arrangements with five neighboring countries and territories.

Limitations

• The underlying data currency is 2014; boundaries may have been updated since publication.
• Column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable, requiring inspection after download.
• The map is delivered in PDF format, which may limit direct machine-readability for analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, derived from Geoscience Australia's Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) 2014 data.

Collection Method

Digital representation of legal maritime limits and boundaries established under Australian law.

Time Range

Data currency 2014; map published after 2013.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 08:37:10.780538; underlying data currency is 2014.

Geography

Australia's maritime zones, from Heard and McDonald Islands to Norfolk Island, and from the Torres Strait to the Australian Antarctic Territory.