Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS)
Outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines:
Submissions to the Commission: Submission by Norway

Updated on 09 August 2007

    On 27 November 2006, Norway submitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, in accordance with Article 76, paragraph 8 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, information on the limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured for three separate areas in the North East Atlantic and the Arctic: the Loop Hole in the Barents Sea; the Western Nansen Basin in the Arctic Ocean; and the Banana Hole in the Norwegian Sea.

    According to the submitting State: "[t]he present submission deals only with the outer limits of the continental shelf in these three areas. A further submission may be made in respect of other areas."

    It is noted that the Convention entered into force for Norway on 24 July 1996.

   In accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Commission, a communication was circulated to all Member States of the United Nations, as well as States Parties to the Convention, in order to make public the executive summary of the submission, as well as all charts and coordinates contained in that summary.

   The consideration of the submission made by Norway was included in the provisional agenda of the nineteenth session of the Commission to be held in New York from 5 March to 13 April 2007. Upon completion of the consideration of the submission, the Commission shall make recommendations pursuant to article 76 of the Convention.

   For information on the progress of work in the Commission, please refer to the Statements of the Chairman.