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.
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Shom. Continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles. https://services.data.shom.fr:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/BDML_ESPACES_MARITIMES_PC.xml |
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- Date ( Revision )
- 2023-01-13
- Identifier
Author
- Keywords
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regulation
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law of the sea
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continental shelf
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EXTRAPLAC
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extended continental shelf
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open data
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open data
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- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
- INSPIRE Spatial scope
- Use limitation
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Data free of use by acknowledging its source. Open licence Etalab v. 2.0 avril 2017.
- Use limitation
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Product not certified for navigation
- Use limitation
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Data free of use by acknowledging its source. Open licence Etalab v. 2.0 avril 2017.
- Access constraints
- License
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Open licence Etalab v. 2.0 avril 2017.
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- 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
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- Boundaries
- Distribution format
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SHP
(inapplicable
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GML
(3.2
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7z
(9.20
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Point of contact
- OnLine resource
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French national portal of maritime limits
French national portal of maritime limits
- OnLine resource
- ESPACES_MARITIMES_BDD_WMSV
- OnLine resource
- ESPACES_MARITIMES_PYR_PNG_3857_WMSR
- OnLine resource
- Download service
- OnLine resource
- ESPACES_MARITIMES_BDD_WFS:au_continental_shelf
- OnLine resource
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Shom geoportal
Shom geoportal
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Date ( Publication )
- 2014-04-17
- Explanation
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Information sur la conformité de la ressource à une spécification (INSPIRE).
- Pass
- true
Conformance result
- Date ( Publication )
- 2010-11-23
- Explanation
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Information sur la conformité au règlement d'interopérabilité des séries et des services de données géographiques.
- Pass
- true
- Statement
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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
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BDML_ESPACES_MARITIMES.xml
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
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Jeu de données
- Date stamp
- 2023-01-13T09:08:37
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
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1.0