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Normal Continental Shelf (CFT_27)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: cft_27.ttl
- Name
normalContinentalShelf- Attribute
- CFT Boundary Determination Method
- Definition
- A boundary defined by the outer edge of the continental margin (the submerged prolongation of the land mass of a coastal State, consisting of the shelf, the slope and the rise, but does not include the deep ocean floor with its oceanic ridges) or a maximum of 200 nautical miles distant from the territorial baseline.
- Description
- (UNCLOS Article 76, Continental shelf, item 1) The continental shelf of a coastal State comprises the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance.
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Allowed for
- FA000 Administrative Boundary
- FC021 Maritime Limit
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.