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Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Finland and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning the boundaries of sea areas and of the continental shelf in the Gulf of Finland

Document type
Bilateral
Field of application
Regional/restricted
Date
May 20, 1965
Source
FAO, FAOLEX;  IUCN (ID: TRE-149061)
Place of adoption
Helsinki
Language
Finnish, Russian
Subject
Sea
Keyword
Maritime zone Territorial sea EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone International agreement-text Continental shelf
Geographical area
Northern Europe
Abstract

The Parties agree that the sea frontier between Finland and the USSR and the boundaries of Finnish and Soviet territorial waters in the section of the Gulf of Finland to the north-east of the island of Suursaari (Gogland) shall follow a straight line as indicated. The Parties also agree not to extend their fishing and other areas in the section of the Gulf of Finland to the north of the island of Suursaari (Gogland) beyond a line (co-ordinates indicated) marking the middle of the water area between the boundaries of Finnish and Soviet territorial waters fixed in 1940 and confirmed by the 1947 Treaty of Peace with Finland and not to extend their territorial waters or their fishing and other areas in the section of the Gulf of Finland to the west of the island of Suursaari (Gogland) beyond the median line (co-ordinates indicated) passing through the points. The lines referred to in articles 2 and 3 of this Agreement shall constitute the boundary of the continental shelf of the Republic of Finland and of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the Gulf of Finland.

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