Continental Shelf Definition Proposal for the Kerguelen Plateau Region

Kerguelen Plateau region is the focus of this document, which is a cruise proposal concerning the definition of the continental shelf under the Law of the Sea. The proposal is published via the Australian Ocean Data Network on the data_gov_au platform. It was last updated on 2026-05-05, though the document is noted as a legacy product with no abstract available.

Use Cases

• Analyzing legal and technical arguments for maritime boundary claims (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Studying the application of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to specific oceanic regions (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Planning marine scientific research cruises for geological data collection (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the official data_gov_au platform.
• Associated with the Australian Ocean Data Network organization.
• Has a specific last updated timestamp: 2026-05-05 00:37:52.729704.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• 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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 00:37:52.729704; freshness should be verified

Geography

Kerguelen Plateau region