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description:
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The Continental Shelf is the area of the seabed and subsoil, which extends beyond the territorial sea to a distance of 200M from the territorial sea baseline and beyond that distance to the outer edge of the continental margin as defined in Article 76 of the Convention.This dataset depicts the limit and extent of the Continental Shelf from the Seas and Submerged Lands (Limits of Continental Shelf) proclamation 2012. This version release is the Australian Maritime Boundaries (AMB) 2014a and is a component of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act (SSLA) 1973. |