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Continental Shelf Area (MRR_37)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: mrr_37.ttl
- Name
continentalShelfArea- Attribute
- MRR Maritime Area Restriction
- Definition
- An area extending to the limit of the continental shelf or continental margin determined in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
- 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
- FC037 Maritime Caution Area
- RWOI terms naming it
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.