Archipelagic Waters and Maritime Jurisdiction (Exclusive Economic Zone and Territorial Sea Limits) Order (S.I. No. 24 of 2012)

I . EXTRAORDINARY OFFICIAL GAZETTE THE BAHAMAS PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NASSAU 2"d March, 2012 ~ S.l. No. 24 25 TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE The Archipclagic Waters and Maritime Jurisdiction (Exclusive Leo nomic Zone and Territorial Seas l.imits) Order. 2012 The Trustee Act (Amendment to Second Schcduk) Order. 2012 l 10 ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS AND MARITIME .JlJRISDICTlON (EXCLliSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE AND TE RRITORIAL SEAS LI\-IITS) ORDI<:R, 2012 Arrangement of Sections . . -- Section I. ( 'itation .. .... .. ...... ... ........ .... .......... .... .. ........ .. .... ... ............ .. .... .... .... ... .. .. ....... ..... ...... .. 2 Interpretation .......... ... ..... .......... ...... ........... ........ ..... .... ..... .... .. ....... ........ .. .. ... .... ....... 2 Outer limit of EE/ .. ................ ... ....... ... ..... ........ ............. ..... ... .... ...... ....... .... ....... .... 2 ' ·' · 4. Outer limit of the tt.:rritorial sea ....... .... ................ ... ... .... .. .... .. .... .. ........ ..... .. .......... . .l (iUXiRAPIIICAL CO-ORDil\iAILS OF POINTS FOR DF il.RMil\INC TilL Ol l' l LR liMIT 01-' TilL U~Z OF TilE BAHAMAS RI·: 1 WTEl\J POIN IS I /\'1\JD 69 (DLLIMI I IN( I !.I NE BET\\'EL~ n lE COMMON\\Tt\1.1'1 I OF THL BAHA:VIA <.; AND f'IIL RFPl !RI.IC OF Cl ;BA l SECOND SCHEDULE 11 .I.LISTRATIVL MAP SI IOWI~<i TilE OL.TER I.IMIT OF Tl lE 1:.\Cf.l iSIV 1: H 'ONOt\-11( . /.ON!~ OF ll lE BA llAMAS BET\\'U ·:l\ POIN 'I I AND POi l\T 69 7 .., I OF.FICE OF THE GOVERNOR-CE:'>lERAL S.I. No. 24 of20 12 ARCH I PELA(; lC \\A·n:Rs A~ D VlARITI i\1E .J( · RISI)(CTJO\ .H 'l ( "I IAPTER 282) ·\RCHI PEI.A(;JC \\ ATERS A \:l) !\IARI TJ.VIL .Jt"RISOICT IO \ (EXCl. SIVE FCO'-JO\IIC ZO\F A.\D TERRITORIAL SE· ,-.; l.lt\IIT"> l ORDER, 20 12 ·1 h~ \J\l\ernnr-(ieneral. in e:--ercise nt" p()\\er~ ..:nukrrell b: "\l'l..'ii\lll X!.2l nl . th~ . \rchipelagi.: \\'ater:-. anll \lari1ime .lmi..;didinn .\cl. !l lCikc:-. the lnllo\\ in ~! 1\J"JL·r i . Citation. l hio; order ma: be cit.:d <h the ,\rchipelagk \\akro; <llid \laritillll' .itll ·i \di,· tintt 1 i \ ..:lu:-.iH· l .nl i!Oillic /one :n1d 'lerritnri<tl \e<b I i 1nit ~ 1 Order. ~0 I~ 2. Interpretation. In thio.; Order ·'Ad" 1111.:ano; the !\rchipelag.ic \\.aters a11d 1\. larillllle .luri..;dic ti(ltl \e t 11 1!. ~.'\~): "Agreement" means the Agreement bet\\ecn 1\Jc ~ · onJilHlii\\L'aith n\ · l"h.: Hahama:-. and thL· Republic of( 'uba for the Delim11ing l .inc bci '.\ ~cn their \laritime Houndarie~ c.\e..:utcd :md dated the 3 ·· 0..:1\,bcr. 20 I l in \a~~au . lhc Hahamas: and " Archipelagic haseli nes" llteaJJ:o. th ~.: ha~dinc:-. --·~tabli~hcd h) th~ '\rchipdagic \\aters and i'vlarililll.: .lurisdicti\lil 1 .\r,·ilipc! <~ ~.! i,: Ba~el inc~) Order . .2008. 3. Outer limit of EEZ. \I) Pursuanll\l sub~ccli\lll (2) or sccti\lll 8 oi'tltc :\ et. and ~uh.il'd to ~l'l'li\) il I or this Order. it i~ declared that the nuiL'r lintil (\r the c.\clu~i\ c C\.'l)JhlllliL· 1.011e ad jaccnl to I i1e Bahama~ het\\ccn thL· geographical co-urllin:ttc~ indicated a:- l\)i111s I and 69 in th<..· 1-'irst Schedule ~hallcothi-;t oi' a ~ <..Tic~ - ·--- -- - ---·- ---·---·--------- Page - 2 of geodesic lines joining. in numerical sequence. Points 1 through 69 of the said Schedule. (2) For illustrative purposes only, the line referred to in subsection (I) is shown in the Second Schedule. 4. Outer limit of the territorial sea. Pursuant to section 15 of the Act. the line referred to in subsection (I) of section 3 shall , wherever such line is t\.o,elvc nautical miles or less from the archipclagic baselines. constitute the outer limit of the territorial sea adjacent to The Bahamas between Points 1 to 69 as indicated in the First Schedule. ·· Pag.:- 3 FIRST SCHEDULE GEOGRAPHICAL CO-ORDINATES OF POINTS FOR DETERMINING THE OlJ'fER LIMIT OF THE EEZ OF THE BAHAMAS BETWEEN POINTS J AND 69 (DELIMITING LINE BETWEEN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS AND THE REPlJBLJC OF CUBA) Median Line Point 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pag.~: - 4 Latitude 20° 22' 24.8" N 20° 22' 33.4'' N 20° 24" 23.4" N 20° 32' 11 .6" N 20° 34' 24.1" N 20°38'19.2"N 20° 41' 31 .2" N 20° 46' 13.3" N 20° 54' 22.4" N 21 o 03' 32.7" N 21° 08' 52.4" N 21° 15' 59.8''N 21 o 22' 40.1" N 21° 23' 38.4'' N 21°24'19.8"N 21 o 24' 56.0" N 21 o 25' 20.9'' N 21° 27' 05 .5" N 21 o 30' 14.5'' N 21 o 34' 09.4'' N 21 o 35' 58.4" N 21° 38' 18.0"'N I I J. I 1- ·I------, I I Longitude 73° 34' 56.5" w ·- ·-· 73° 35' 33.5" w 73° 38' 25.0" w 73° 49' 54.1" w 73° 52' 59.2" w 73° 58' 00.1, w 74° 03' 13.4'' w 74° 10' 39.5" w 74° 21' 38.0" w 74° 35' 04.3" w 74° 49' 56.9" w 75° 09' 15.1" w 75° 27' 34.7" w 75° 32' 19.7'' w 75° 36' 36.9" w 75° 42' 0 1.8" w 75° 45' 33 .3'" w 75° 55' 16.3" w 76° 02' 23 .0" w 76° 09' 36.0" w 76° 13'21.1" w 76° 17' 24.1" w 23 24 25 26 I 21° 44' 34.4" N 76° 28' 39.2" w ·-·- t· ........ . ··- ···-·---····--· ···- - ... ·- ------ -- ... -·---·-- -·· ··-· · 1 2! 0 49'4l.7"N 76°45'20.1"W 1-21° 52·-23.-6"N··---~ -- ···-·· -··----76o 53'4o.2:, v;··· .. · t - ---- - . - - - --····---- .. .. ··-· ·····---····· i 21 o 53' 34.7" N 76° 56' 35.3" W --·~---·- -- ·-· t ·· ~-- . ·-------~--·--·- ·--- ·---- - -------- - ------· ---- --·~----- 27 I 21° 54' 43.8" N 76° 59' 58.3" w ·- - ------ ·--- ·-·--··· -·- - ·---- - ----. - --- ·-------·· -- ·--·---· -. . ~---;: , ... -~~: ~~: :::~~: -~ - -- ···--\·---- .. -- ~~~-;~: ~~-:r-~---- -- --~ ~ -- ~~ -: ~~: ~:: ~:~:~: ~-~ = ~~~ ~~:~~~::: - ·- - ~ l 32 I ·22-;;-1-6;·27.6.''N . · --- --· - -· ···-7-7°3S~ 54.0~; W f- .. ··- ·--~ . ··- .. ··-·---····-··· -·---- -·---·· · - ·· -·. .. . 33 i 22° 17' 30.3" N no 37' 46.8" W 34 · r ---22o-24· ·o7~j~~ N . -----------·---- no 46' 39.0" W ·---· .. --l 35 36 37 --- -- --·· ~ 1 38 39 40 41 42 43 ~--···--· 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 ! 7° ~8' 06 . 1" w - ·. . . j 22° 25' 56.2" N I . -----·- I···-- -·· no 49' 13.9" w 2-~~--~~· 1 ~ .6" ~- -·· -4 --- 7 ? 0 49' ~~6" w 22° 35' 46.0" N I 78° 06' 55.6" w 78° 12'47.7" w 78° 28' 57.4" w 78° 46' 03.7" w 22~ 38'· .. 33.3;,-N···--·-r ...... .. . -+ 22° 45' 13 .2" N 22° 51' 58.3" N i · - - -· · I 22° 53' 31.4" N . --! 23~ o8' 21 .4;;-N ·- . I ..... - --· -- ---·· .. : 23° 09' 33.7" N 23° 12' 46.2" N 23° 14" 59.3" N 23° 17' 31.2" N 23° 24' 21.8" N 23° 25' 26.3'' N 23° 26' 02.8'' N 23° 26' 30.3'' N ·:--·--- · ! I , .... ·· ·--·-····--·· 78° 49' 59.4" w 79° 26' 35.3" w i 79° 29' 35.0" w · f -· - • ----~ 1 79° 37' 34.3" w 1 j 79°43'45 .1''W 79° 50' 53.1" W 80° 10' 16.1" w . - - 80° 13' 19.9" w 80° 15'24.1"W 80° 17' 30.8" w i i . ~ I Page- 5 r-·- - . 52 23 o 26' 51.0" N 80° 19' 39.2" W 53 23° 26' 51.3" N 80° 19' 42.1" W 54 23° 28' 15.3" N 80° 28' 15.7" w 55 23° 28' 40.2" N 80° 29' 57 .9" w 56 23° 29' 05.8" N 80° 31' 26.1" w 57 23° 29' 50.4" N 80° 33' 31.8" w 58 23° 31' 13.9"N 80° 36' 38.6" w 59 23° 32' 18.5" N 80° 38' 42.1" w 60 23° 33' 31.5'' N 80° 40' 44.7" W 61 23° 34' 11.2" N 80° 41' 45 .6" w 62 23° 35' 40.7" N 80° 43' 53.3" W 63 23° 40' 39.3" N 80° 50' 57 .9" w 64 23° 42' 44.9" N 80° 54' 06.5" W 65 23° 45' 07.0" N 80° 58' 07.2" W 66 23° 48' 05.8" N 81° 02' 45.3" w 67 23° 51' 31.4" N 81° 07' 26.2" w 68 23° 53' 20.4" N 81° 09' 43.3" w 69 23° 55' 30.0" N 81° 12' 55.0" w Note: The above points are defined by geographic latitude and longitude in accordance with the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) datum. Page- 6 ~Et:m:o SCilliDULE ~ . i . ' '\' ,: ; :--.. ·." .r 'Jh ~~ ··. I ·; ) I I · I I i /, I I I I I f ) I I 1/ I I I r l < ) ,, ! i. ' t 'd ~ 1 ·I .• . I 1 I \ ( I ) I r \ I I I 'I I I I \ I Page- 7 Made this JS' day of March, 20121 • Signed ARTHUR A. FOULKES Governor-General ' This ( Jrder clc!clan!s the outer limit of the exclusil'c! c!Ciillolllh· ::one and I I' here Llflfi/'Oflriate. th,• territorial S<!a in the area hetll'i.'<'ll ( 'uha wul The Bahumas archip<!lago to gil'e ef/ecl to allll rejled till' :lgrec!llle/11 hetH·ec'' tit<! Retmhlic ol ( 'uha und th<• ( 'unlllllil111'1!alth cl( The Halumi<IS relating to the delimitation of tlwir maritime hounclaries 1·ignnltht! J"' of Ocloha .llll i. /he geodesic lines joining thl! geographical ,·o-ordinalt!s indicated as f'oill(.\ I and flY in ""' i'inl ,<.,'d!edule constitute a11<l dt!{ine th<! maritilllt! hound,lrl' or delimitill,'.!, line hetll'<'t'll tlw ( 'onllllllllll'eulth o(The Baham<ll' and the: Repuh/ic o(Cuha {i)l· t/1<• purpose.\ f)(tht!ir territu, ·ial seas. contiguous :ones. exclusil\ ' ,•,·onmllic :ones and ,·ominclllul ,·he/res. Pag..: - 8 ~--------~- ·- ·