Procedures for Describing Maritime Boundaries for Australia's Offshore Jurisdiction

Procedures for Describing Maritime Boundaries is a policy document from the Australian Ocean Data Network, last updated in April 2026. It provides a consistent framework for defining legally defensible maritime boundaries to improve administration and minimize litigation. The document offers technical advice for geospatial professionals and broad guidance for policy makers and negotiators.

Use Cases

• Develop geospatial models for maritime boundary delineation based on the described technical procedures.
• Inform legal and policy negotiations for offshore jurisdiction based on the framework for unambiguous descriptions.
• Create standardized maps of maritime zones based on the technical advice for describing boundaries.

Strengths

• Document is provided by the authoritative Australian Ocean Data Network.
• Specific contact points for legal and technical advice are listed, including Geoscience Australia.

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.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 08:15:16.682830; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's offshore jurisdiction