Australia-Timor-Leste Maritime Boundary Treaty, 2019

Geoscience Australia's digital representation of the maritime boundary treaty ratified with Timor-Leste on 30 August 2019. The dataset provides the treaty's geographical extent, with coordinates supplied in the GDA94 datum and covering an area approximately between 9.5°S to 11.5°S and 126°E to 128.5°E. It is published as part of the 2019 epoch of the Australian Maritime Boundaries database.

Use Cases

• Visualizing the agreed maritime border between Australia and Timor-Leste based on the treaty coordinates.
• Integrating treaty boundaries into maritime spatial planning systems based on the described geographical extent.
• Conducting jurisdictional analysis for marine resource management based on the official treaty representation.
• Verifying maritime limits for legal or diplomatic purposes based on the authoritative digital data.

Strengths

• Data is from the authoritative national agency, Geoscience Australia, developed in consultation with other relevant government departments.
• Specific geographical extent is provided (latitude 9.5°S to 11.5°S, longitude 126°E to 128.5°E).
• The treaty ratification date (30 August 2019) and dataset epoch (2019) are explicitly stated.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes that in case of inconsistency, the treaty text prevails over the digital data.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia

Collection Method

Delineation of international maritime limits and boundaries.

Time Range

Current as of September 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 03:33:08.521564; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Maritime area between Australia and Timor-Leste.