Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014a: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Zones

May 2014 digital representation of Australia's scheduled and offshore areas under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Storage Act 2006. Geoscience Australia developed this GIS data product in consultation with other Commonwealth agencies, covering the Australian marine jurisdiction from approximately 8°S to 70°S and 39°E to 174°E. The data is provided as an ESRI Geodatabase and REST service.

Use Cases

• Delineating offshore petroleum exploration blocks based on the scheduled areas defined in the Act.
• Mapping maritime jurisdictional limits for regulatory compliance based on the legislated boundaries.
• Integrating maritime zone data with other geospatial layers for environmental impact assessments based on the coverage of Australia's marine jurisdiction.
• Visualizing Australia's maritime claims and resource management zones for planning purposes based on the GIS data product.

Strengths

• Data currency is specified as May 2014, providing a clear temporal reference point.
• Geographic coverage is explicitly defined with approximate latitude and longitude limits.
• Technical amendments were made based on user feedback, suggesting iterative improvement.
• Data is published by the authoritative national agency, Geoscience Australia, in consultation with other government departments.

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.
• Last updated 2026-06-27 17:44:21.476829; freshness should be verified as the underlying data is from 2014.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, in consultation with the Attorney-General's Department, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Australian Hydrographic Office.

Collection Method

Digital representation of legislated maritime limits and boundaries.

Time Range

Currency May 2014.

Freshness

Data currency is May 2014; platform record was last updated in 2026.

Geography

Australian marine jurisdiction, including waters adjacent to the mainland, offshore islands, and External Territories, approximately 8°S to 70°S and 39°E to我们发现174°E.