Denmark/Greenland submit claim regarding the North-Eastern Continental Shelf of Greenland

Published 27-11-2013

On 26 November 2013, the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark together with the Government of Greenland submitted documentation for extended continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles north-east of Greenland to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS). The claimed area covers approximately 62.000 km
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between the 200 nautical mile lines of Greenland and Svalbard.

The Executive Summary of the submission can be found on the website of the Continental Shelf Project of the Kingdom of Denmark.

The outer limits of the North-Eastern Continental Shelf of Greenland beyond 200 nautical miles (M). Red lines show the 200 M lines of Greenland and Norway respectively and the black lines show the agreed maritime boundaries with Norway.
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