Australian Maritime Boundaries: the Australian Antarctic Territory

Australia will include the Australian Antarctic Territory in its November 2004 submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. It is the first Claimant State to attempt delimitation of an extended continental shelf zone there. This paper investigates the complexity of Australia&...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Marine Policy
Main Author: Green, J
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2002
Subjects:
390111 International Law
Antarctica
maritime boundaries
Australia's Antarctic Territory
Commission on the Limits of the Continental shelf
baselines
Law of the Sea Convention
Antarctic
Australian Antarctic Territory
Antarc*
Online Access:https://eprints.utas.edu.au/2663/
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/2663/1/GreenJ_1.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0308-597X(00)00028-2
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Summary:Australia will include the Australian Antarctic Territory in its November 2004 submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. It is the first Claimant State to attempt delimitation of an extended continental shelf zone there. This paper investigates the complexity of Australia's Antarctic maritime boundaries from political, legal and practical perspectives that have hitherto been purely hypothetical. It concludes that the practical component is achievable, though complex, and will serve as a precedent for other Antarctic Claimant States. Irrespective of whether or not the submission succeeds, it will serve as a valuable lesson, legally and politically.

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