AMB2014a: Australian Maritime Boundaries for Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage

Australian marine jurisdiction, including waters adjacent to the mainland, offshore islands, and External Territories, is represented in this geospatial dataset. Geoscience Australia developed this digital representation of scheduled and offshore areas defined under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006. The data has a currency of May 2014 and covers a geographical extent from approximately 8°S to 70°S latitude and 39°E to 174°E longitude.

Use Cases

• Delineating legal maritime zones for resource exploration based on the scheduled areas defined in the Act.
• Mapping Australia's marine jurisdiction for regulatory compliance based on the provided maritime boundaries.
• Integrating maritime limits with other geospatial data for marine spatial planning based on the coverage of external territories and offshore islands.

Strengths

• Data is published by Geoscience Australia in consultation with other Commonwealth agencies, including the Attorney-General's Department.
• Coverage includes the whole Australian marine jurisdiction, spanning from approximately 8°S to 70°S and 39°E to 174°E.
• This version contains technical amendments, such as harmonization in block SC51, based on user feedback.

Limitations

• Data currency is May 2014; legal boundaries may have changed since this date.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and structure require manual inspection after download.
• The dataset includes a disclaimer that in case of inconsistency, the limits under legislation prevail over the digital data.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Developed as a digital representation of legislated maritime limits and boundaries.

Time Range

Currency: May 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 02:47:23.429274; freshness should be verified

Geography

Australian marine jurisdiction, including mainland, offshore islands, and External Territories (approx. 8°S to 70°S, 39°E to 174°E).