Law No. 41 concerning the Territorial Sea, the Economic Exclusive Zone and the Continental Shelf, 1979. Country/Territory Iceland Document type Legislation Date 1979 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Sea Keyword Maritime zone Territorial sea Continental shelf EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Sovereignty Geographical area Arctic, Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Law establishes a 12 nautical mile territorial zone measured in part from a baseline drawn between certain geographical points and in part from the low-water line (art. 1). It also delimits a 200 nautical mile economic exclusive zone measured from the baselines aforementioned (art. 3). The continental shelf of Iceland extends throughout the natural prolongation of the land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines mentioned above. Full text English References - Legislation Implemented by Regulation No. 196 concerning the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf to the West, South and East, 1985. Legislation | Iceland | 1985 Keyword: Maritime zone, Continental shelf, Sovereignty Source: FAO, FAOLEX