PNG, 2010, Maritime Boundaries, Dataset

This record holds, GIS layers that contains poly-lines and point features that represent the maritime boundaries of Papua New guinea. This includes a gazetted polyline representing the 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone over which Papua New Guinea has sovereign rights, for the purposes of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources of the seabed, subsoil and superjacent waters. The layers represent the archipelagic straight baselines and base points for the country's maritime zone. The Secretariat has updated these baselines against more recent and accurate information supplied by the government together with the SOPAC Division, Maritime boundary mapping and survey project team. The Pacific Islands Regional Maritime Boundaries data release contains the revised straight baselines as are currently proclaimed.
This record also contains digital information about the treaties.
These baselines are held at the Secretariat on behalf of the PNG Islands Government and can be downloaded from the appropriate link under the Distribution Info section.These GIS layers are a unique delineation of maritime boundaries of the different member Pacific Island countries. These baselines can be used for diverse purposes by government agencies, surveyors, environmentalist, mariners and other individuals. These applications include biogeography for the creation of species distribution lists per country, determination of legal catch area for fishing, marine transportation, determination of pollution and other environmental issues within a coastal state , regulate disturbance of sea floor activities, educational purposes and a variety of other applications.Papua New Guinea is located in the Western Pacific between the Equator and 12° South and 141°East to 160° East and has a total land area of some 462,840 sq km.