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Archipelagic Baseline (CFT_30)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: cft_30.ttl
- Name
archipelagicBaseline- Attribute
- CFT Boundary Determination Method
- Definition
- A closed boundary connecting and surrounding the islands of an archipelagic State; archipelagic waters are those within the baseline and maritime zones fall outside the baseline.
- Description
- (UNCLOS Article 47, Archipelagic baselines, item 1) An archipelagic State may draw straight archipelagic baselines joining the outermost points of the outermost islands and drying reefs of the archipelago provided that within such baselines are included the main islands and an area in which the ratio of the area of the water to the area of the land, including atolls, is between 1 to 1 and 9 to 1.
- 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.