Australia's Maritime Boundaries and Jurisdiction Framework for Marine Planning

Geoscience Australia provides the authoritative framework for Australia's maritime jurisdiction and marine resource management. This dataset, presented in May 2025, supports planning and delivers certainty for international and domestic boundaries. It is managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Marine spatial planning based on the defined maritime jurisdiction framework.
• International boundary analysis based on the described systems for delivering certainty and stability.
• Supporting regional collaboration on marine issues based on the described work with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Strengths

• Data originates from Geoscience Australia, the mandated authority for determining Australia's maritime jurisdiction.
• Last update timestamp is 2026-06-23 02:28:25.989296, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, via the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Likely derived from official legal and cartographic sources as part of the mandated authority for maritime jurisdiction.

Time Range

Presentation date is May 2025; temporal coverage of the underlying boundaries is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 02:28:25.989296; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's maritime jurisdiction and regional areas of collaboration.