Australian Maritime Boundary Description Procedures

Australia's official document provides procedures for unambiguously describing maritime boundaries. It was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in April 2026. The framework is designed for government departments and agencies involved in marine area administration.

Use Cases

• Analyzing textual descriptions of maritime boundaries for legal and technical consistency.
• Referencing documented procedures for creating legally defensible boundary maps.
• Extracting policy guidelines for maritime boundary negotiations from the official text.

Strengths

• Official government document providing a legally defensible framework.
• Directly supported by technical advice from Geoscience Australia.

Limitations

• Data is presented as a policy document, not a structured dataset with rows and columns.
• No quantitative or geospatial data files are included for direct analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, referencing the Office of International Law and Geoscience Australia.

Collection Method

Policy and technical guideline publication.

Freshness

Document was updated in April 2026.

Geography

Australia's offshore jurisdiction.