The Australian continental shelf: Has Australia's high-latitude diplomacy paid off?'

• Published in: Marine Policy
• Main Author: Jabour, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Sci Ltd 2009
• Subjects: Law and Legal Studies; Law; International Law (excl. International Trade Law); Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2008.07.010; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/56228

The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf has granted Australia extended continental shelfareas around two of its sub-Antarctic island groups, and these extend into the Antarctic Treaty area. Theoverlap potentially raises conflict between Australian and Antarctic interests. Australias submissionincluded and expressly excluded Antarctic data and its high-latitude diplomacy paid off, but its nextsteps will be crucial to gaining acceptance by other Antarctic Treaty parties. It is likely that any resourceexploitation will stop at the fence (601 South) during the life of the Treaty.