📑 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Part 6, Article 76, Paragraph 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."

⌚ Date Published: 1982-12-10
⚖️ Instrument Type: Convention
Country: 🊕🉄 All Countries
🌍 Continent : International
📜Instrument: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
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DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE



🔑 Baseline
Baseline

➡ line along the coast of a coastal State as marked on large-scale charts officially recognised by the coastal State which acts as the starting point for measuring the breadth of the sea around a coastal state.


🔑 Coast
Coast

➡ land beside or near to the sea or ocean


🔑 Marin
Marin

➡ Celui qui est habile dans l'art de la navigation sur mer - qui sert à bord d'un bâtiment de l'État ou de la marine marchande; se dit d'un bateau ou d'un navire très endurant à la mer.


🔑 Nautical
Nautical

➡ connected with ships, sailors and sailing, seamanship, marine navigation.


🔑 Nautical mile
Nautical mile

➡ a unit used in measuring distances at sea, equal to 1,852 metres (approximately 2,025 yards), or one minute of arc along the Earth’s equator.


🔑 Prise
Prise

➡ Le nombre total de poissons capturés lors des opérations de pêche.


🔑 Sea
Sea

➡ the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands


🔑 Submarine
Submarine

➡ a vehicle that can travel underwater, control its own movement and maintain its own life support.


🔑 Submarine
Submarine

➡ existing or located under the sea