Treaties - Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014a: International Treaty Boundaries

Australia's international maritime treaty boundaries, covering waters adjacent to the mainland, offshore islands, and External Territories. The data was developed by Geoscience Australia in consultation with other Commonwealth agencies and represents boundaries determined by treaties with neighboring countries. Coordinates are supplied in the GDA94 datum, and the dataset currency is May 2014.

Use Cases

• Mapping maritime jurisdiction based on international treaty boundaries.
• Analyzing maritime zones for legal or regulatory compliance.
• Visualizing Australia's maritime limits adjacent to the mainland and external territories.

Strengths

• Developed by Geoscience Australia, the primary authority for Australia's maritime limits.
• Includes technical amendments based on user feedback, such as harmonization in block SC51.
• Coverage spans from approximately 8°S to 70°S latitude and 39°E to 174°E longitude.

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.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Delineation of maritime limits and boundaries, consultation with Commonwealth agencies.

Time Range

Currency May 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 05:43:39.198548; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australian marine jurisdiction including mainland, offshore islands, and External Territories.