Territorial Waters (Amendment) Order in Council 1979
Made 1979-05-23 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- European Union
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Subjects
- Sea
- Keywords
- maritime zone, territorial sea, sovereignty, maritime boundaries
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Page 1 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf Territorial Waters (Amendment) Order in Council 1979, 23 May 1979(1) 1. This Order may be cited as the Territorial Waters (Amendment) Order in Council 1979 and shall come into operation on 18th June 1979. 2. For the Schedule to the Territorial Waters Order in Council 1964 (a) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out below TERRITORIAL WATERS SCHEDULE POINTS BETWEEN CAPE WRATH AND THE MULL OF KINTYRE JOINED TO FORM BASELINES Co-ordinates of latitude and longitude of point Latitude North Longitude West Name of ° ' " ° ' " Feature 1 58 37 40 5 00 13 Cape Wrath. 2 58 31 12 6 15 41 Lith Sgeir. 3 58 30 44 6 16 55 Gealltuig. 4 58 29 09 6 20 17 Dell Rock 5 58 18 27 6 47 45 Tiumpan Head. 6 58 17 36 6 52 43 Mas Sgeir. 7 58 17 09 6 55 20 Old Hill. 8 58 14 31 7 02 00 Gallan Head. 9 58 13 54 7 02 57 10 58 10 39 7 06 54 Eilean Molach. 11 57 59 08 7 17 42 Casker. 12 57 41 19 7 43 13 Haskeir Eagach. 13 57 32 22 7 43 58 Huskeiran. 14 57 14 33 7 27 44 Rubha Ardvule. 15 57 00 50 7 31 42 Greian Head. 16 56 58 07 7 33 24 Diorlinn Head. 17 56 56 57 7 34 17 Aird a' Chaolais. 18 56 56 05 7 34 55 Biruaslum. 19 56 49 21 7 39 32 Guarsay Mor. 20 56 48 00 7 39 57 Sron an Duin. 21 56 47 07 7 39 36 Skate Point. 22 56 19 17 7 06 55 Skerryvore. 23 56 07 58 6 38 00 Dubh Artach. 24 55 41 36 6 32 02 Frenchman's Rocks. 25 55 40 24 6 30 59 Orsay Island. 26 55 35 24 6 20 18 Mull of Oa. Page 2 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf 27 55 17 57 5 47 54 Mull of Kintyre. Page 3 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf Endnotes 1 (Note - Note) Text transmitted by the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations in a note verbale dated 30 September 1985. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This Note is not part of the Order.) This Order amends the Schedule to the Territorial Waters Order in Council 1964 by redefining specified points between Cape Wrath and the Mull of Kintyre which are joined to form baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent thereto is measured. The amendments make minor changes which have been shown to be necessary by new charts of the area.