Commonwealth Marine Areas

Created 03/09/2018

Updated 09/08/2023

The dataset depict's the extent of Commonwealth marine areas as described in Section 24 of the EPBC Act 1999.

Each of the following is a Commonwealth marine area:

(a) any waters of the sea inside the seaward boundary of the exclusive economic zone, except: (i) waters, rights in respect of which have been vested in a State by section 4 of the Coastal Waters (State Title) Act 1980 or in the Northern Territory by section 4 of the Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Title) Act 1980; and (ii) waters within the limits of a State or the Northern Territory;

(b) the seabed under waters covered by paragraph (a);

(c) airspace over waters covered by paragraph (a);

(d) any waters over the continental shelf, except: (i) waters, rights in respect of which have been vested in a State by section 4 of the Coastal Waters (State Title) Act 1980 or in the Northern Territory by section 4 of the Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Title) Act 1980; and (ii) waters within the limits of a State or the Northern Territory; and (iii) waters covered by paragraph (a);

(e) any seabed under waters covered by paragraph (d);

(f) any airspace over waters covered by paragraph (d).

The data is largely based on the Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) dataset.Restricted Access is restricted to DEWHA employee's. The data is largely based on the Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) dataset, which is freely available from the Geoscience Australia website. None

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Title Commonwealth Marine Areas
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/f2f28d04-1017-4936-b762-1aea17eb61c7
Contact Point
Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
marine.metadata@environment.gov.au
Reference Period 03/09/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      [
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      ],
      [
        173.398219,
        -69.810438
      ],
      [
        173.398219,
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      ],
      [
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    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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