Maritime Zones (Exclusive Zone and Continental Shelf) Order, 2008 (S.I. 89 of 2008)
Made 2008-11-06 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- European Union
- Country
- Seychelles
- Subjects
- Sea
- Keywords
- maritime zone, continental shelf, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, sovereignty, maritime boundaries
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26 2 Transmitted through a note verbale from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Seychelles, addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, dated 20 November 2008. (b) Maritime Zones (Exclusive Zone and Continental Shelf) Order, 2008 (S.I. 89 of 2008)2 In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 13(2) of the Maritime Zones Act 1999, the President makes the following Order — 1. This order may be cited as the Maritime Zones (Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf) Order, 2008. 2. The outer limits of the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf of the Republic of Seychelles are defined by the geographical co-ordinates of points MS1 to MS33 specified below, based on the World Geodetic System 1984. The boundary lines are formed by a series of geodesics connecting the said points: • Reference spheroid World Geodetic System 84 (WGS84) Semi major axis a = 6378 137.000 m Semi minor axis b = 6356 752.3142 m f = 1/298.257223563 • Latitude (South) in degrees minutes and decimal seconds • Longitude (East) in degrees minutes and decimal seconds Citation Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf POINT LATITUDE SOUTH º ’ ” LONGITUDE EAST º ’ ” MS1 8 26 11.3483 59 23 11.6999 MS2 8 28 49.0932 59 02 52.7792 MS3 8 29 48.5977 58 55 7.7591 27 3. The outer limits of the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf of the Republic of Seychelles are defined by geographical coordinates of points MS1 to EZ31. The boundary line is formed between the listed points by the locus of a point 200 nautical miles from the nearest basepoint/baseline of the Republic of Seychelles. The geographical coordinates of the points referred to above are listed below: MS1 8 26 11.3483 59 23 11.6999 EZ1 7 57 11.9509 59 32 48.3341 EZ2 7 28 38.9568 59 37 53.0350 EZ3 6 44 35.1660 59 37 46.9448 EZ4 6 25 36.4576 59 34 47.2266 EZ5 5 24 41.9248 59 11 27.9583 EZ6 4 4 51.0234 59 15 4.5008 MS4 8 33 6.0156 58 22 27.0714 MS5 8 33 43.1955 58 16 13.1667 MS6 8 34 42.0371 58 07 15.9398 MS7 8 35 22.5452 58 01 2.5193 MS8 8 35 58.7543 57 55 24.9817 MS9 8 38 52.2155 57 29 41.2597 MS10 8 41 50.8444 57 02 48.1689 MS11 8 43 10.0742 56 50 44.1646 MS12 8 46 3.9814 56 24 45.9417 MS13 8 46 4.3409 56 24 42.7035 MS14 8 48 24.9127 56 03 25.4553 MS15 8 50 57.6693 55 40 9.6371 MS16 8 54 41.6193 55 05 34.2002 MS17 8 58 34.5931 54 28 56.0936 MS18 9 24 46.9915 54 06 47.7783 MS19 9 38 34.0051 53 55 6.7751 MS20 9 41 11.8421 53 54 53.2816 MS21 9 46 42.9932 53 54 30.1014 MS22 9 50 51.7541 53 54 16.8720 MS23 10 0 57.5316 53 53 53.2986 MS24 10 15 10.7272 53 53 18.2993 MS25 10 45 53.4107 53 52 2.5281 MS26 11 13 51.7856 53 50 57.7902 MS27 11 17 19.1778 53 50 49.6756 MS28 11 19 27.3687 53 50 44.5988 MS29 11 40 25.0488 53 50 4.3595 MS30 11 47 35.0883 53 49 50.3590 MS31 11 52 11.6284 53 49 39.9691 MS32 11 58 23.5388 53 49 28.1716 MS33 12 17 43.9303 53 48 47.3752 28 Amendment of Cap 122 Sub. Leg. P.1 4. The Maritime Zones (Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf) Order, 2002 shall continue to have effect subject to the repeal of all references to points 2 to 17 in the Schedule to that Order. MADE this 6th day of November, 2008. J. A. MICHEL PRESIDENT —————— EZ7 3 23 24.4492 59 7 23.1497 EZ8 3 7 33.0396 59 1 58.4439 EZ9 2 38 53.0266 58 48 11.4254 EZ10 1 3 12.1249 57 34 49.7966 EZ11 0 28 12.3891 56 2 47.4922 EZ12 1 36 54.2203 52 36 26.8522 EZ13 2 0 45.9364 51 38 54.7505 EZ14 3 38 9.2487 50 16 55.2417 EZ15 3 44 34.2148 50 14 28.9164 EZ16 4 3 35.2521 50 8 25.8986 EZ17 4 8 23.0392 50 6 53.8211 EZ18 4 32 33.9952 49 52 2.5689 EZ19 6 7 39.9232 49 29 7.4887 EZ20 6 13 23.8597 49 27 37.7467 EZ21 6 33 8.7638 48 50 28.7685 EZ22 6 26 4.8150 48 29 43.0423 EZ23 6 19 2.6640 47 50 33.5588 EZ24 6 9 42.3998 47 24 44.2865 EZ25 6 2 32.1727 46 49 18.3497 EZ26 6 1 0.5855 46 17 24.2195 EZ27 6 1 14.0855 46 8 21.7515 EZ28 6 1 55.9050 45 57 4.6212 EZ29 6 9 0.3340 45 18 6.0660 EZ30 6 24 51.7212 44 38 31.8552 EZ31 7 26 12.2678 43 28 7.4626