Australia's Maritime Zones and Boundaries Map, Edition 5 (2014)

Edition 5 of Australia's Maritime Zones map supersedes the 2013 edition. The map 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. It shows confirmed continental shelf limits, unresolved areas, and maritime boundary arrangements with neighboring countries.

Use Cases

• Visualizing Australia's maritime jurisdiction based on the described territorial sea baseline and limits.
• Analyzing continental shelf limits confirmed in 2008 and unresolved areas as shown on the map.
• Studying maritime boundary arrangements with Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, France, and New Zealand as listed in the description.
• Mapping the extent of Australia's maritime boundaries from Heard and McDonald Islands to Norfolk Island and the Australian Antarctic Territory.

Strengths

• Based on authoritative source data from Geoscience Australia's Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014.
• Includes continental shelf limits confirmed by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf on 9 April 2008.
• Describes specific maritime boundary arrangements with five neighboring countries or territories.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data currency is 2014; freshness should be verified for current applications.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

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.

Time Range

Currency 2014.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 18:15:30.302250; data currency is 2014.

Geography

Australia, including its external territories and maritime zones.