Act to amend the Act No. 463 of 1956 on the delimitation of the territorial sea (No. 981/95)

Page 1 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf Act* amending the Act** on the Limits of the Territorial Waters of Finland (981/95)(1) According to the Act the outer limit of the territorial sea of Finland shall, with certain exceptions, extend to 12 nautical miles from the baselines. In the Gulf of Finland, the outer limit of the territorial sea shall at no place be closer to the midline than 3 nautical miles. ANNEX The base points of the outer limit of the inner territorial waters and the location of the outer limit of Finland's territorial sea Section 1 The baseline of the outer limit of the internal waters, referred to in section 4 (1) of the Finnish Territorial Waters Act, the degrees of latitude and longitude of which are given in the Finnish National Coordinate System, are during the thirty-year period 1995-2024 as follows: No. Latitude north Longitude east 1 60° 19, 452' 27° 37, 202' 2 60° 18, 581' 27° 34, 716' 3 60° 15, 904' 27° 16, 433' 4 60° 14, 238' 27° 1, 845' 5 60° 9, 672' 26° 15, 752' 6 60° 2, 419' 25° 47, 682' 7 60° 5, 437' 25° 8, 157' 8 60° 2, 128' 24° 53, 709' 9 59° 52, 101' 24° 18, 368' 10 59° 47, 218' 23° 35, 505' 11 59° 44, 862' 23° 23, 941' 12 59° 44, 958' 22° 58, 431' 13 59° 42, 828' 22° 25, 102' 14 59° 40, 504' 21° 30, 088' 15 59° 44, 171' 20° 44, 352' 16 59° 48, 483' 19° 47, 125' 17 60° 9, 403' 19° 18, 241' 18 60° 18, 019' 19° 8, 124' 19 60° 18, 081' 19° 8, 148' 20 60° 25, 902' 19° 23, 935' 21 60° 29, 875' 19° 42, 563' 22 60° 32, 411' 20° 12, 524' 23 60° 45, 947' 20° 44, 638' 24 61° 3, 050' 21° 10, 211' 25 61° 25, 339' 21° 16, 255' 26 61° 38, 782' 21° 19, 747' 27 62° 0, 992' 21° 14, 072' Page 2 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf 28 62° 24, 801' 21° 5, 203' 29 62° 47, 068' 20° 50, 217' 30 62° 57, 655' 20° 44, 296' 31 63° 14, 228' 20° 35, 058' 32 63° 25, 460' 20° 47, 346' 33 63° 27, 198' 21° 8, 482' 34 63° 28, 491' 21° 44, 639' 35 63° 31, 707' 22° 9, 732' 36 63° 45, 089' 22° 31, 404' 37 63° 51, 837' 22° 37, 409' 38 63° 53, 196' 22° 39, 136' 39 63° 53, 726' 22° 39, 847' 40 63° 55, 701' 22° 42, 981' 41 63° 56, 237' 22° 44, 467' 42 63° 57, 627' 22° 48, 639' 43 64° 5, 572' 23° 23, 951' 44 64° 19, 981' 23° 26, 818' 45 64° 32, 274' 24° 15, 150' 46 64° 40, 893' 24° 19, 362' 47 65° 2, 379' 24° 33, 062' 48 65° 20, 151' 24° 39, 306' 49 65° 33, 835' 24° 18, 807' 50 65° 35, 962' 24° 1, 847' 51 59° 31, 158' 20° 24, 700' 52 59° 31, 090' 20° 25, 328' 53 59° 30, 240' 20° 21, 077' 54 59° 30, 291' 20° 21, 011' Points 18 and 19 and points 50 and 51, respectively, are not connected by a baseline. Points 51 and 54 are connected by a baseline. Section 2 The location of the outer limit of Finland's territorial sea is indicated by points that are connected either by the line of the shortest distance or by the circular arc defined by a given centre and radius. As determined by the Peace Treaty signed in Paris on 10 February 1947 (690-691/47), starting from the western terminal point of the border limiting the territorial sea of Finland, the course of the border is through the following points, given in the Finnish National Coordinate System as degrees of latitude and longitude, to the south side of the islet of Market as far as the southern terminal point of the national frontier between Finland and Sweden (point No. 132 on the list): No. Latitude north Longitude east 103 60° 11. 341' 26° 44. 675' 104 60° 9. 692' 26° 36. 845' 105 60° 9. 198' 26° 29. 702' 106 60° 2. 779' 26° 17. 867' 107 60° 2. 281' 26° 11. 498' 108 60° 0. 832' 26° 4. 689' 109 59° 58. 596' 26° 1. 223' 110 59° 55. 909' 25° 37. 404' 111 59° 55. 681' 25° 35. 147' 112 59° 55. 868' 25° 28. 462' Page 3 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf 113 59° 56. 596' 25° 10. 348' 114 59° 55. 271' 24° 55. 986' 115 59° 53. 514' 24° 47. 310' 116 59° 49. 015' 24° 29. 487' 117 59° 47. 800' 24° 20. 116' 118 59° 47. 014' 24° 12. 554' 119 59° 39. 406' 23° 21. 313' 120 59° 38. 131' 22° 51. 638' 121 59° 36. 472' 22° 38. 266' 122 59° 30. 781' 22° 23. 985' 123 59° 28. 584' 21° 32. 209' Points 123 and 124 are connected by a circular arc the radius of which is 12 nautical miles and the centre of which, in accordance with section 1, is base point No. 14. 124 59° 28. 964' 21° 26. 268' 125 59° 31. 947' 20° 45. 848' 126 59° 27. 456' 20° 23. 234' Points 126 and 127 are connected by a circular arc the radius of which is 3 nautical miles and the centre of which, in accordance with section 1, is base point No. 53. 127 59° 27. 964' 20° 17. 257' 128 59° 35. 466' 19° 59. 869' 129 59° 35. 703' 19° 56. 638' 130 59° 47. 501' 19° 39. 699' 131 60° 11. 501' 19° 5. 198' 132 60° 14. 114' 19° 6. 368' North of the islet of Märket, starting from the northern terminal point of the national frontier between Finland and Sweden, the course of the border is through the following points: 134 60° 22. 494' 19° 9. 877' 135 60° 36. 689' 19° 13. 421' Points 135 and 136 are connected by a circular arc the radius of which is 12 nautical miles and the centre of which, in accordance with section 1, is base point No. 20. 136 60° 36. 871' 19° 14. 228' 137 60° 40. 866' 19° 32. 942' Points 137 and 138 are connected by a circular arc the radius of which is 12 nautical miles and the centre of which, in accordance with section 1, is base point No. 21. 138 60° 41. 660' 19° 38. 341' 139 60° 43. 650' 20° 1. 717' 140 60° 54. 104' 20° 26. 461' 141 61° 7. 609' 20° 46. 495' 142 61° 26. 815' 20° 51. 460' 143 61° 38. 768' 20° 54. 404' 144 61° 59. 212' 20° 48. 898' 145 62° 21. 960' 20° 40. 112' 146 62° 43. 465' 20° 25. 334' Points 146 and 147 are connected by a circular arc the radius of which is 12 nautical miles and the centre of which, in accordance with section 1, is base point No. 29. Page 4 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf 147 62° 44. 079' 20° 24. 946' 148 62° 54. 675' 20° 18. 868' 149 63° 9. 882' 20° 10. 176' 150 63° 19. 903' 20° 24. 288' 151 63° 28. 961' 20° 42. 007' 152 63° 31. 152' 20° 56. 551' 153 63° 40. 013' 21° 30. 778' 154 63° 40. 325' 21° 39. 821' 155 63° 42. 059' 21° 53. 301' 156 63° 50. 841' 22° 7. 434' 157 63° 56. 187' 22° 12. 115' Points 157 and 158 are connected by a circular arc the radius of which is 12 nautical miles and the centre of which, in accordance with section 1, is base point No. 37. 158 63° 57. 650' 22° 13. 668' 159 63° 59. 128' 22° 15. 526' 160 63° 59. 774' 22° 16. 382' Points 160 and 161 are connected by a circular arc the radius of which is 12 nautical miles and the centre of which, in accordance with section 1, is base point No. 39. 161 64° 0. 548' 22° 17. 500' 162 64° 2. 530' 22° 20. 622' Points 162 and 163 are connected by a circular arc the radius of which is 12 nautical miles and the centre of which, in accordance with section 1, is base point No. 40. 163 64° 4. 927' 22° 25. 637' 164 64° 5. 612' 22° 27. 530' 165 64° 7. 150' 22° 32. 128' Points 165 and 166 are connected by a circular arc the radius of which is 12 nautical miles and the centre of which, in accordance with section 1, is base point No. 42. 166 64° 8. 234' 22° 36. 026' 167 64° 13. 189' 22° 57. 896' 168 64° 20. 975' 22° 59. 327' Points 168 and 169 are connected by a circular arc the radius of which is 12 nautical miles and the centre of which, in accordance with section 1, is base point No. 44. 169 64° 30. 238' 23° 12. 589' 170 64° 39. 909' 23° 50. 376' 171 64° 43. 314' 23° 51. 988' Points 171 and 172 are connected by a circular arc the radius of which is 12 nautical miles and the centre of which, in accordance with section 1, is base point No. 46. 172 64° 43. 962' 23° 52. 340' 173 65° 4. 789' 24° 5. 263' 174 65° 17. 527' 24° 9. 503' 175 65° 30. 739' 24° 8. 216' From the last-mentioned point, the course of the border is further in the direction of north-northwest towards the point referred to in section 7(3) of the Act on the Border of the Territorial Waters of Finland. Page 5 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf Endnotes 1 (Note - Note) * Entry into force: 30 July 1995. Text communicated by the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations in a note verbale dated 9 August 1995. ** The Act is reproduced in The law of the sea - national legislation on the territorial sea, the right of innocent passage and the contiguous zone, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.V.7), p. 129.