Treaties - Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014a: International Treaty Boundaries

Geoscience Australia delineates Australia's maritime limits and boundaries. The Treaties - Australian Maritime Boundaries Dataset 2014a is a digital representation of international treaty boundaries with neighboring countries, covering waters from 8°S to 70°S latitude and 39°E to 174°E longitude. This version incorporates technical amendments based on user feedback and was published in May 2014.

Use Cases

• Visualizing Australia's maritime jurisdiction based on treaty-defined boundaries.
• Analyzing maritime zones for legal or regulatory compliance based on the described treaty data.
• Integrating treaty boundaries with other marine spatial data for comprehensive mapping.

Strengths

• Published by Geoscience Australia in consultation with other Commonwealth agencies including the Attorney-General's Department.
• Contains technical amendments made based on user feedback, such as harmonization in block SC51.
• Coordinates are supplied in the GDA94 datum, which is functionally equivalent to WGS84.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is from May 2014; its legal and positional accuracy for current applications should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia

Collection Method

Delineation of maritime limits and boundaries, developed as a GIS data product.

Time Range

Currency: May 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 03:19:33.064377; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's marine jurisdiction including waters adjacent to the mainland, offshore islands, and External Territories, approximately between 8°S to 70°S and 39°E to 174°E.