Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction off Northern Australia 2014  


Authors / CoAuthors

Alcock, M.B. | Hatfield, A.

Abstract

Map showing Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction off Northern Australia. Updated in June 2014 from "Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction off Northern Australia" (GeoCat 70183) to conform with "Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014" data by Geoscience Australia. This includes areas contiguous to the north of the continent and as far west as Christmas Island, but excludes areas around Cocos (Keeling) Islands and areas west of Christmas Island. One of the 27 constituent maps of the "Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction Map Series" (GeoCat 71789). Depicting Australia's continental shelf as proclaimed in the "Seas and Submerged Lands (Limits of Continental Shelf) Proclamation 2012" established under the "Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973". Background bathymetry image is derived from a combination of the 2009 9 arc second bathymetry and topographic grid by Geoscience Australia and a grid by W.H.F. Smith and D.T. Sandwell, 1997. Background land imagery derived from Blue Marble, NASA's Earth Observatory. 2800mm x 1050mm (for 42" plotter) sized .pdf downloadable from the web.

Product Type

nonGeographicDataset

eCat Id

81849

Contact for the resource

  Custodian

EGD  

  Custodian

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia, LOSAMBA)  
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia

  Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)  
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia

Keywords

  • Thematic MapAdministrative Boundary
( Theme )
  • Administrative Boundaries
( Theme )
  • bathymetry
( Theme )
  • Continental Shelf
( Theme )
  • Maritime Boundaries
( Theme )
  • marine
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
  • Earth Sciences
  • Published_External

Publication Date

2014-01-01T00:00:00

Creation Date

Security Constraints

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem    

Classification - unclassified

Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence    

Access - license

Use - license

Status

Purpose

Maintenance Information

asNeeded

Topic Category

geoscientificInformation

Series Information

Lineage

Unknown

Parent Information

Extents

[-26.4, -8.0, 105.5, 159.5]

Reference System

WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)

Spatial Resolution

Service Information

Associations

Downloads and Links

Download the file (pdf)  

Source Information

Australian Maritime Boundaries 2014