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Australia's Maritime Zones Edition 5

Created 23/01/2026

Updated 23/01/2026

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This map supersedes the Australia's Maritime Zones/Boundaries Map Edition 4, published in November 2013. Catalogue Number/GeoCat 69822.

This map has been derived from Geoscience Australia's Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) 2014 data which is a digital representation of Australia's territorial sea baseline and the maritime limits and boundaries as established under the Sea and Submerged Lands Act 1973.

On the 9 April 2008 the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf confirmed Australia's continental shelf limits. This edition shows those limits together with those areas yet to be resolved and the area off the Australian Antarctic Territory that Australia requested the commission not consider for the time being.

The map describes the different maritime zones, explains how Australia defines and updates its maritime boundaries, and lists the different maritime boundary arrangements with Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, France (New Calendonia and Kerguelen) and New Zealand. It shows the extent of Australia's maritime boundaries, stretching from Heard and McDonald Islands in the west to Norfolk Island in the east, and from the Torres Strait and Arafura Sea in the north to the Australian Antarctic Territory in the south.

This map can be downloaded from the Web in PDF format.

Coverage: Australia Currency: 2014 (web map) Coordinates: Geographical Projection: Bonne with 134E longitude and 30S at projection centre Medium: Web delivery

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Australia's Maritime Zones Edition 5
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/e83d66a0-aaa9-49ed-b490-13f432840f4c
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      [
        35.0,
        -80.0
      ],
      [
        -130.0,
        -80.0
      ],
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      ],
      [
        35.0,
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      ],
      [
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      ]
    ]
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  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Australia's Maritime Zones Edition 5". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/australias-maritime-zones-edition-54