Abstract
The Kingdom of Denmark (Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland) ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on 16 November, 2004 and this allows for a period of ten years to submit extended continental shelf claims beyond 200 nautical miles (NM) to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. To acquire the necessary data for delineating the extended continental shelf, the Continental Shelf Project of the Kingdom of Denmark was launched by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation in cooperation with the Faroese and Greenland governments. Several institutions participate in the project. The technical work for the Greenland part is coordinated by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) and the coordination of the Faroese part is shared between the Faroese Earth and Energy Directorate (Jarðfeingi) and GEUS. Further information can be found on the project website www.a76.dk.
Highlights
Article 76 of UNCLOS is the key to future jurisdiction over resources on and below the seabed beyond the 200 NM limit
According to Article 76, a variety of scientific and technical data are required to be submitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
Due to the high number of submissions received by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, final processing of the two partial submissions for the Faroe Islands may not start until several years after the submissions
Summary
Article 76 of UNCLOS is the key to future jurisdiction over resources on and below the seabed beyond the 200 NM limit. According to Article 76, a variety of scientific and technical data are required to be submitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. These include geodetic, bathymetric, geophysical and geological data regarding e.g. the 200 NM and 350 NM limits from the territorial baselines, the location of the foot of the continental slope, the 2500 m isobath and the sediment thickness beyond the foot of the slope. The latter is defined as the point of maximum change in the gradient at the base of the continental slope.
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