U.S. Law of the Sea Mapping

• Main Authors: Gardner, James V., Mayer, Larry A., Armstrong, Andy
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository 2008
• Subjects: Law of the Sea; Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Sea
• Online Access: https://scholars.unh.edu/ccom/1012; http://www.hydro-international.com/content/article/us-law-of-the-sea-mapping

The United States is conducting multi-beam surveys of the US continental margins where a potential exists for a claim under United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Article 76. The University of New Hampshire¡¯s Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping-Joint Hydrographic Center is directing the surveys as part of its National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-sponsored research programme. To date, two areas in the Bering Sea, two areas in the Arctic Ocean and a large portion of the US Atlantic continental margin have been mapped.