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Procedures for Describing Maritime Boundaries

Created 20/01/2026

Updated 20/01/2026

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The purpose of this document, Procedures for Describing Maritime Boundaries, is to provide unambiguous descriptions which give a consistent framework for government departments and agencies involved in the marine area. They provide: - policy makers and negotiators with a broad understanding of the geospatial issues which need to be considered when defining maritime boundaries - geospatial professionals with technical advice on how to describe and map maritime boundaries unambiguously - all stakeholders with legally defensible boundaries that improve administration over Australia's offshore jurisdiction and minimise the potential for litigation.

The document does not replace the need to seek appropriate legal and geospatial advice when determining and describing maritime boundaries.

Legal advice can be obtained from: Office of International Law Attorney-General's Department 3-5 National Circuit Barton ACT 2600 Phone: +61 2 6141 6666

Technical information and assistance relating to maritime boundaries can be obtained from:

Law of the Sea and Maritime Boundaries Advice Geoscience Australia GPO Box 378 Canberra ACT 2601 email: maritime@ga.gov.au ph: +61 2 6249 9111

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Title Procedures for Describing Maritime Boundaries
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/4073c857-c6b6-4d5f-b39f-c71bf6c343ce
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Procedures for Describing Maritime Boundaries". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/procedures-for-describing-maritime-boundaries3