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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. Submissions and Recommendations on 03 August 2015.  Downloadable files are subject to changes without any notifications.

  CLCS list of all submissions  03 August 2015 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 31 996 000
  CLCS list of all preliminary information  26 December 2012 - - - Approx.
area (km2)
1. Russian Federation 27 June 2002 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 148 400
1a. Russian Federation - partial revised Submission in respect of the Okhotsk Sea 11 March 2014 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 44 300
1b. Russian Federation - partial revised Submission in respect of the Arctic Ocean 03 August 2015 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 1 257 400
2. Brazil 04 April 2007 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 951 900
2a. Brazil - partial revised Submission - in respect of the Brazilian Southern Region 10 April 2015 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file  - 
3. Australia 09 April 2008 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 3 233 600
4. Ireland - Porcupine Abyssal Plain 05 April 2007 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 38 100
5. New Zealand 22 August 2008 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 24 March 2009 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 81 700
7. Norway - in the North East Atlantic and the Arctic 27 March 2009 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 319 000
8. France - in respect of the areas of French Guiana and New Caledonia 02 September 2009 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 299 700
9. Mexico - in respect of the western polygon in the Gulf of Mexico 31 March 2009 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 9 200
10a. Barbados - revised 13 April 2012 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 50 600
11. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Ascension Island  15 April 2010 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 644 700
12. Indonesia - North West of Sumatra Island 28 March 2011 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 5 200
13. Japan 19 April 2012 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 30 March 2011 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 386 200
15. Suriname 30 March 2011 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 19 April 2012 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 12 April 2012 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 05 September 2014 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 11 March 2014 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 57 800
29. Pakistan 13 Mar 2015 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 57 100
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 52 000
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
60. Gabon 10 April 2012 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 428 700
61. Denmark - in respect of the Southern Continental Shelf of Greenland 14 June 2012 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 116 500
62. Tuvalu, France and New Zealand (Tokelau) - in respect of the area of the Robbie Ridge 7 December 2012 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 22 000
63. China- in Part of the East China Sea 14 December 2012 Download line file Download point file   ???
64. Kiribati 24 December 2012 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 124 100
65. Republic of Korea 26 December 2012 Download line file Download point file   ???
66. Nicaragua - in the southwestern part of the Caribbean Sea 24 June 2013 Download line file Download point file   ???
67. Federated States of Micronesia - in respect of the Eauripik Rise 30 August 2013 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 145 100
68. Denmark - in respect of the North-Eastern Continental Shelf of Greenland 26 November 2013 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 62 700
69. Angola 06 December 2013 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 409 600
70. Canada - in respect of the Atlantic Ocean 06 December 2013 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 1 079 400
71. Bahamas 06 February 2014 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 200 000
72. France - in respect of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon 16 April 2014 Download line file Download point file   ???
73. Tonga - in the western part of the Lau-Colville Ridge 23 April 2014 Download line file Download point file   ???
74. Somalia 21 July 2014 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 490 500
75. Joint Submission by Cabo Verde, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone - in respect of areas in the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the coast of West Africa 25 September 2014 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 651 900
76. Denmark - in respect of the Northern Continental Shelf of Greenland 15 December 2014 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 896 700
77. Spain - in respect of the area of west of the Canary Islands 17 December 2014 Download line file Download point file Download polygon file 298 800

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 Continental 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 Continental 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 Continental Shelf Programme do not in any way represent an official position or statement by UNEP or GRID-Arendal in relation to the maritime territory of sovereign States.