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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