UNEP Shelf Programme

Submissions, through the Secretary-General of the United Nations, to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, pursuant to Article 76, paragraph 8, of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982.
Updated vs. Recommendations on 18 January 2012. Downloadable files are subject to changes without any notifications.

	CLCS list of all submissions	18 January 2012	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	27 930 600
	CLCS list of all preliminary information	6 May 2011	-	-	-	Approx. area (km2)
1.	Russian Federation	20 December 2001	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	1 374 700
2.	Brazil	17 May 2004	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	953 300
3.	Australia	15 November 2004	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	3 233 600
4.	Ireland - Porcupine Abyssal Plain	25 May 2005	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	38 100
5.	New Zealand	19 April 2006	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	1 660 900
6.	Joint submission by France, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - in the area of the Celtic Sea and the Bay of Biscay	19 May 2006	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	81 700
7.	Norway - in the North East Atlantic and the Arctic	27 November 2006	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	319 100
8.	France - in respect of the areas of French Guiana and New Caledonia	22 May 2007	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	299 700
9.	Mexico - in respect of the western polygon in the Gulf of Mexico	13 December 2007	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	9 200
10.	Barbados	8 May 2008	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	50 300
11.	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Ascension Island	9 May 2008	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	644 700
12.	Indonesia - North West of Sumatra Island	16 June 2008	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	5 200
13.	Japan	12 November 2008	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	809 200
14.	Joint submission by the Republic of Mauritius and the Republic of Seychelles - in the region of the Mascarene Plateau	1 December 2008	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	386 200
15.	Suriname	5 December 2008	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	81 100
16.	Myanmar	16 December 2008	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	147 700
17.	France - areas of the French Antilles and the Kerguelen Islands	5 February 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	467 700
18.	Yemen - in respect of south east of Socotra Island	20 March 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	127 000
19.	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - in respect of Hatton Rockall Area	31 March 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	160 200
20.	Ireland - in respect of Hatton-Rockall Area	31 March 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	387 300
21.	Uruguay	7 April 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	90 200
22.	Philippines - in the Benham Rise region	8 April 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	135 100
23.	The Cook Islands - concerning the Manihiki Plateau	16 April 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	406 300
24.	Fiji	20 April 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	229 900
25.	Argentina	21 April 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	1 779 100
26.	Ghana	28 April 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	14 600
27.	Iceland - in the Ægir Basin area and in the western and southern parts of Reykjanes Ridge	29 April 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	478 500
28.	Denmark - in the area north of the Faroe Islands	29 April 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	57 800
29.	Pakistan	30 April 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	56 800
30.	Norway - in respect of Bouvetøya and Dronning Maud Land	4 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	620 600
31.	South Africa - in respect of the mainland of the territory of the Republic of South Africa	5 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	1 137 100
32.	Joint submission by the Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands - concerning the Ontong Java Plateau	5 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	604 300
33.	Joint submission by Malaysia and Viet Nam - in the southern part of the South China Sea	6 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	43 200
34.	Joint submission by France and South Africa - in the area of the Crozet Archipelago and the Prince Edward Islands	6 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	1 108 600
35.	Kenya	6 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	101 500
36.	Mauritius - in the region of Rodrigues Island	6 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	110 300
37.	Viet Nam - in North Area (VNM-N)	7 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	78 100
38.	Nigeria	7 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	8 200
39.	Seychelles - concerning the Northern Plateau Region	7 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	22 300
40.	France - in respect of La Réunion Island and Saint-Paul and Amsterdam Islands	8 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	411 000
41.	Palau	8 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	263 500
42.	Côte d'Ivoire	8 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	20 000
43.	Sri Lanka	8 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	1 709 900
44.	Portugal	11 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	2 115 100
45.	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - in respect of the Falkland Islands, and of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	11 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	1 226 300
46.	Tonga	11 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	30 000
47.	Spain - in respect of the area of Galicia	11 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	47 200
48.	India	11 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	604 700
49.	Trinidad and Tobago	12 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	134 300
50.	Namibia	12 May 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	1 062 300
51.	Cuba	1 June 2009	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	1 400
52.	Mozambique	7 July 2010	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	108 700
53.	Maldives	26 July 2010	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	168 000
54.	Denmark - Faroe-Rockall Plateau Region	2 December 2010	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	667 100
55.	Bangladesh	25 February 2011	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	99 900
56.	Madagascar	29 April 2011	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	859 600
57.	Guyana	6 September 2011	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	57 900
58.	Mexico - in respect of the eastern polygon in the Gulf of Mexico	19 December 2011	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	12 200
59.	United Republic of Tanzania	18 January 2012	Download line file	Download point file	Download polygon file	69 800

Please note that submissions are listed in the order received. Please also note that the designations employed in the submissions, including description of the areas, are as contained in the communications from submitting States or in the executive summaries. Their listing on this web site and the presentation of material do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

Disclaimer: The outer limit lines and points contained in the UNEP Shelf Programmes data inventory maps are compiled from the public information contained in the official State submissions and preliminary documents deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations as prescribed by Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The outer limit lines and points displayed on the UNEP Shelf Programmes data inventory maps or contained in the available ESRI shape files are for information purposes only and are solely based on the geographical information contained in the aforementioned official documents. The displayed lines and points and information contained in the available ESRI shape files are subject to modification without notice based on changes made by States to their respective documents. All resulting contents and products displayed and provided by the UNEP Shelf Programme do not in any way represent an official position or statement by UNEP or UNEP/GRID-Arendal in relation to the maritime territory of sovereign States.

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