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Extended Continental Shelf (CFT_28)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: cft_28.ttl
- Name
extendedContinentalShelf- 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 minimum of 200 nautical miles distant from the territorial baseline.
- Description
- (UNCLOS Article 76, Continental shelf, item 7) The coastal State shall delineate the outer limits of its continental shelf, where that shelf extends beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, by straight lines not exceeding 60 nautical miles in length, connecting fixed points, defined by coordinates of latitude and longitude.
- 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.