Australia Maritime Boundaries Map Edition 5

Geoscience Australia Data provides Australia's Maritime Zones Edition 5, a digital map superseding the 2013 edition. It depicts the territorial sea baseline, maritime limits, and continental shelf limits confirmed in 2008, covering zones from Heard and McDonald Islands to Norfolk Island and the Australian Antarctic Territory.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime boundary arrangements with Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, France, and New Zealand as described in the map.
• Study the extent of Australia's maritime boundaries stretching from Heard and McDonald Islands to Norfolk Island and the Australian Antarctic Territory.
• Examine the continental shelf limits confirmed by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf on 9 April 2008.
• Reference the territorial sea baseline and maritime limits derived from the Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) 2014 data.

Strengths

• Map supersedes the previous Edition 4 published in November 2013.
• Derived from Geoscience Australia's authoritative Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) 2014 data.
• Shows continental shelf limits confirmed in 2008 and areas yet to be resolved.

Limitations

• Data is provided only in HTML and PDF formats, not in a structured, machine-readable geospatial data format.
• The dataset currency is 2014, representing a snapshot that may not reflect recent boundary changes or agreements.
• Sample data and specific column/attribute details for analysis are unavailable.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Derived from Geoscience Australia's Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) 2014 data, a digital representation of limits established under the Sea and Submerged Lands Act 1973.

Time Range

Currency 2014, includes continental shelf limits confirmed in 2008.

Freshness

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Geography

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