Regulation No. 196 concerning the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf to the West, South and East, 1985. Country/Territory Iceland Document type Regulation Date 1985 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Sea Keyword Maritime zone Continental shelf Sovereignty Geographical area Arctic, Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations delimit the continental shelf boundary seaward up to 200 nautical miles and defines its limit where it extends beyond that distance on the basis of the provisions of article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Full text English References - Legislation Implements Law No. 41 concerning the Territorial Sea, the Economic Exclusive Zone and the Continental Shelf, 1979. Legislation | Iceland | 1979 Keyword: Maritime zone, Territorial sea, Continental shelf, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Sovereignty Source: FAO, FAOLEX