Regulation No. 196 concerning the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf to the West, South and East, 1985

Regulation No. 196, 9 May 1985, concerning the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf to the West, South and East Article 1 The Continental Shelf is delineated as shown in Fig. 1. Article 2 Coordinates of points defining the boundary where it extends beyond 200 nautical miles are tabulated in Table 1. Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is used, where applicable, to define this boundary. Article 3 The various segments of the boundary (Fig. l) are obtained as follows: Segment ABC is defined by the median line between Iceland and the Faeroes. Segment CD is defined by the 200 nautical mile distance limit from the Faeroes, Great Britain and Ireland. Segment DEF is approximately the line 60 nautical miles beyond the foot of the Slope. Segment FHG is defined by the 350 nautical mile distance limit from Iceland. ~ Continental Shelf boundary, if defined on the basis of the Foot of the Slope, extends beyond 350 nautical miles. But since in this area it lies on the Reykjanes submarine ridge, the boundary of the Continental Shelf is limited to 350 nautical mile distance from Iceland by Article 76. Segment HIJ is defined by the 200 nautical mile limit of Greenland. Se9rnent :nc is defined by the median line between Iceland and Greenland. Article 4 The lines drawn in Figure 1 and the coordinates qi-ven in Table 1 are only accurate to about ± 5 nautical miles. 11 Article 5 Agreement between Iceland and the other countries concerned is to be sought on the definitive delimitation of the Continental Shelf area south of Iceland in accordance with the general rules of international law. Article 6 These Regulations are issued in accordance with Law No. 41, of June 1, 1979 and enter into force immediately. 12 Figure 1 MYNOl \ i 'A./ /' FA:REYJAR ~ 1) '\ .- . ..' .i ./ ....../ " ,•.../. E . r: ~J 13 Table 1 Continental Shelf boundary beyond Iceland's 200 nautical mile zone J 63° 19' N 30° 52' W 62° 40' N 32° 30' W I 62° 12' N 34° 08' W H 61° 34' N 34° 55' W 60° 56' N 34° 00' W 60° 17' N 33° 00' w 59° 41' N 31° 00' W 59° 10' N 31° 00' W G 58° 52' N 30° 08' w 58° 40' N 29° 00' W 58 D 24' 11 28° 00' w 58° 13' N 27· 00' W 58° 08' N 26° 00' W 57° 57' N 25° 00' w F 57° 48' N 24° 00' W 57° 12 ' N 25° 00' w 56° 34' N 26° 00' W 56° 00' N 26° 42' W 55° 00' N 27° 34' W 54° 00' N 27° 50' W 53° 04' N 27° 00' W 52° 52' N 26° 00' W 53° 06' N 25° 00' w 53° 28' N 23° 30' w 52° 36' N 23° 12 ' W 52° 00' N 22° 40' W 51° 00' N 21° 32' W 50° 00' N 20° 32" W 49° 48' N 20° 00' W E 49° 48' N 19° 00' w 50° 00' N 18° 25' W 51° 00' N 17° 50' w 52° 00' N 17° 45' W 53· 00' N 17° 30' w 53- 2~' N 17° 00' W