Australia Timor And Arafura Seas Maritime Boundaries Map

Geoscience Australia Data produced a map for the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, updated in 2019 to reflect the 2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty. It explains applicable maritime boundaries and lists their coordinates for the Timor and Arafura Seas.

Use Cases

• Analyze coordinate listings for maritime boundaries in the Timor and Arafura Seas to support jurisdictional enforcement.
• Reference the map's boundary explanations for legal or policy research on the 2018 treaty.
• Use the geographic data on maritime boundaries for regional marine spatial planning.

Strengths

• Officially updated in 2019 to incorporate a major international treaty (the 2018 Australia/Timor-Leste Maritime Boundaries Treaty).
• Produced by Geoscience Australia Data for the authoritative Australian Fisheries Management Authority.
• Provides both explanatory text and specific coordinate listings for maritime boundaries.

Limitations

• Data is presented as static HTML and PDF files, not as structured, machine-readable tabular or geospatial data.
• The original production language was Indonesian, and this is a translation, which may introduce nuances.
• Public release is managed through specific government departments (DEH and AFMA), not directly by the producer.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Map production and translation, originally in Indonesian.

Time Range

Reflects the 2018 treaty, updated in 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-07, though the substantive update reflecting the treaty was in 2019.

Geography

Timor and Arafura Seas, Australia's maritime boundaries.