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KENYA

Updated 22 May 2009

SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)

  M.Z.N. 58. 2006. LOS of 25 April 2006: Deposit of two lists of geographical coordinates of points, specifying the straight baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured and the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone of Kenya, together with illustrative map number SK 90 (edition 4), as contained in the Proclamation by the President of the Republic of Kenya of 9 June 2005, in respect of Kenya’s territorial sea and exclusive economic zone (Legal Notice No. 82 (Legislative Supplement No. 34) published in Kenya Gazette No. 55 of 22 July 2005).

 

Originals of deposited geographical coordinates of points

Relevant articles of UNCLOS: 16(2); 75(2)

LOSIC No. 23

Proclamation of 9 June 2005, including the lists of geographical coordinates of points and the illustrative map, reproduced in Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 61

Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the deposit of charts and/or lists of geographical coordinates of points

  N/A

CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE BASELINES FROM WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED

Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 6 May 2009

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation

 Territorial Waters Act of 16 May 1972, revised in 1977
  Presidential Proclamation of 28 February 1979--replaced by Presidential Proclamation of 9 June 2005
  Approximate Co-ordinates of Baseline Points on Map Sheet SK/74, 28 February 1979
  Chapter 371--The Maritime Zones Act, 1989
 Presidential Proclamation of 9 June 2005, pursuant to article 16, paragraph 2, and article 75, paragraph 2, of UNCLOS (Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 61)

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with United Republic of Tanzania

 Exchange of Notes constituting an agreement on the territorial sea boundary, 17 December 1975 - 9 July 1976 (entry into force: 9 July 1976; registration #: 15603; registration date: 18 April 1977; link to UNTS)

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