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

Australia's Maritime Zones Edition 5 is a digital map superseding the 2013 edition, derived from Geoscience Australia's Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014 data. It depicts Australia's territorial sea baseline, maritime limits, and continental shelf limits confirmed in 2008, including unresolved areas and agreements with neighboring nations. The map covers Australia's maritime jurisdiction from Heard and McDonald Islands to Norfolk Island and from the Torres Strait to the Australian Antarctic Territory.

Use Cases

• Visualizing maritime jurisdiction for legal or policy analysis based on the described territorial sea baseline and limits.
• Mapping continental shelf claims for resource exploration based on the confirmed and unresolved limits.
• Analyzing international maritime boundary agreements based on the listed arrangements with Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and others.

Strengths

• Derived from the authoritative Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) 2014 dataset from Geoscience Australia.
• 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

• Data currency is from 2014; boundaries may have been updated since.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The primary deliverable is a PDF map, which may limit direct geospatial analysis.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Digital representation derived from legal boundaries established under the Sea and Submerged Lands Act 1973.

Time Range

2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 22:11:12.872157; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's maritime zones, including external territories and Antarctic claim.