Australia's Maritime Zones Map Edition 5, 2014

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

Use Cases

• Visualizing national maritime jurisdiction based on the described legal zones and boundaries.
• Analyzing continental shelf limits for resource management based on the 2008 Commission confirmation.
• Studying international maritime boundary agreements with Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and other nations as listed.

Strengths

• Official map derived from Geoscience Australia's authoritative Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014 data.
• Includes continental shelf limits confirmed by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in April 2008.
• Lists specific maritime boundary arrangements with five neighboring countries and territories.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data currency is from 2014; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, derived from Geoscience Australia data.

Collection Method

Digital representation of legal maritime limits and boundaries.

Time Range

Currency 2014.

Freshness

2014

Geography

Australia, extending from Heard and McDonald Islands to Norfolk Island and the Australian Antarctic Territory.