Continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles

The United Nations Convention on the law of the sea (UNCLOS) introduced a new definition of the continental shelf which can extend “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.” Coastal States can thus have a continental shelf of 200 nautical miles even in the absence of a geomorphological continental shelf, and a continental shelf extending beyond that limit where the presence of certain geomorphological and sedimentary criteria have been recognized by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS).

The rights coastal State can exercise over the continental shelf are specified in Part VI of the UNCLOS. These rights are sovereign and exclusive over the seabed and subsoil, for exploration and exploitation of natural mineral, fossil and biological resources.

The French authorities also hold competence recognized by the UNCLOS for:

- construction, operation and use of artificial islands and installations;

- marine scientific research;

- issuing consent for the course of any pipeline;

- issuing consent for the course of cables installed or used for exploitation of the continental shelf or of its resources.

 
Citation proposal
Shom. Continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles. https://services.data.shom.fr:/geonetwork/WS/api/records/BDML_ESPACES_MARITIMES_PC.xml
 

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Date ( Revision )
2023-01-13
Identifier

http://www.shom.fr/BDML/ESPACES_MARITIMES/PC

  Author

Keywords

  • regulation

  • law of the sea

  • continental shelf

  • EXTRAPLAC

  • extended continental shelf

  • open data

  • open data

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
INSPIRE Spatial scope
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Data free of use by acknowledging its source. Open licence Etalab v. 2.0 avril 2017.

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Product not certified for navigation

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Data free of use by acknowledging its source. Open licence Etalab v. 2.0 avril 2017.

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Open licence Etalab v. 2.0 avril 2017.

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Pas de restriction d'accès public. No public access restrictions.
Classification
Unclassified
Spatial representation type
Vector
Metadata language
fre French
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Topic category
  • Boundaries
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S
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W


Distribution format

  • SHP

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    inapplicable

    )

  • GML

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    3.2

    )

  • 7z

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    9.20

    )

  Point of contact

OnLine resource
French national portal of maritime limits  

French national portal of maritime limits

OnLine resource
ESPACES_MARITIMES_BDD_WMSV  

Access point / WMS vector

OnLine resource
ESPACES_MARITIMES_PYR_PNG_3857_WMSR  

Access point / WMS raster

OnLine resource
Download service  
OnLine resource
ESPACES_MARITIMES_BDD_WFS:au_continental_shelf  

Access point - Continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles

OnLine resource
Shom geoportal  

Shom geoportal

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2014-04-17
Explanation

Information sur la conformité de la ressource à une spécification (INSPIRE).

Pass
true

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-11-23
Explanation

Information sur la conformité au règlement d'interopérabilité des séries et des services de données géographiques.

Pass
true
Statement

The theme "Continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles" includes areas limited by the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone at a maximum distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines and the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles.

The definition elements of these limits are explained in the product "maritime limits and boundaries".

gmd:MD_Metadata

File identifier
BDML_ESPACES_MARITIMES_PC.xml   XML
Metadata language
fre French
Character set
UTF8
Parent identifier

BDML_ESPACES_MARITIMES.xml

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Hierarchy level name

Jeu de données

Date stamp
2023-01-13T09:08:37
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139

Metadata standard version

1.0

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