Maritime Zones and Treaty Boundaries in the Torres Strait, 2002

Geoscience Australia's Australian Marine Spatial Information System (AMSIS) provides this map of maritime boundaries in the Torres Strait. It depicts jurisdictional lines, a protected zone under the 1985 Australia-Papua New Guinea Treaty, and zones established under the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973. The map has a scale of 1:300,000 and was published in 2002.

Use Cases

• Analyze maritime jurisdiction and sovereignty based on depicted boundary lines.
• Study the spatial extent of the treaty-established protected zone for traditional livelihoods.
• Map fisheries and seabed jurisdiction areas as defined by the Australia-Papua New Guinea Treaty.
• Conduct geospatial analysis of territorial sea baselines and maritime zone outer limits.

Strengths

• Spatial coverage is precisely defined from 9S to 11S and 141 15E to 144 30E.
• Map scale of 1:300,000 provides a defined level of cartographic detail.
• Boundaries are sourced from the authoritative Australian Marine Spatial Information System (AMSIS).
• Specific treaty and legislative foundations are cited (1985 Treaty, Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973).

Limitations

• Data currency is from 2002; boundary or treaty interpretations may have changed.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, sourced from Geoscience Australia's AMSIS.

Collection Method

Cartographic depiction from official maritime boundary data.

Time Range

Currency: 2002.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 10:12:20.718100; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Torres Strait, bounded by 9S to 11S and 141 15E to 144 30E.