The Kerguelen Plateau: interactions between the Law of the Sea and the Antarctic Treaty
Australia has benefited immensely from the maritime zone provisions of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC), particularly the provisions for the Extended Continental Shelf under Article 76. Australia’s comprehensive submission of continental shelf data to the Commission on...
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ftunivtasmania:oai:eprints.utas.edu.au:45623 2023-05-15T13:43:27+02:00 The Kerguelen Plateau: interactions between the Law of the Sea and the Antarctic Treaty Titterton, H Haward, M 2022 application/pdf https://eprints.utas.edu.au/45623/ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/45623/2/149042%20-%20The%20Kerguelen%20Plateau_OA.pdf en eng Elsevier Sci Ltd https://eprints.utas.edu.au/45623/2/149042%20-%20The%20Kerguelen%20Plateau_OA.pdf Titterton, H and Haward, M orcid:0000-0003-4775-0864 2022 , 'The Kerguelen Plateau: interactions between the Law of the Sea and the Antarctic Treaty' , Marine Policy, vol. 138 , pp. 1-9 , doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2022.104993 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.104993>. Law of the Sea Antarctic Treaty Kerguelen Plateau extended continental shelf Article PeerReviewed 2022 ftunivtasmania https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.104993 2022-05-02T22:16:36Z Australia has benefited immensely from the maritime zone provisions of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC), particularly the provisions for the Extended Continental Shelf under Article 76. Australia’s comprehensive submission of continental shelf data to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in 2004 included data occurring inside the Antarctic Treaty Area for three separate Australian territories; the Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, and Macquarie Island. This raises questions surrounding the interactions between the LOSC and the Antarctic Treaty in the Southern Ocean. The paper focuses on the Kerguelen Plateau continental shelf deliniation, offering a timely analysis of Australia’s strategic interests here, as Australia seeks to prepare a new or revised Extended Continental Shelf data submission for Williams Ridge. Australia has sought to strike a strategic balance between supporting its territorial interests and derived benefits under LOSC in the Southern Ocean, whilst maintaining and further enhancing some of the key values and norms of the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS). The Kergulen Plateau case represents a strategic pursuit of territorial interests, carefully balanced with a determination to strengthen Australia’s influence within the ATS and enhance the reach of its provisions, particularly in regard to environmental protection and the mining prohibition under the Madrid Protocol. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Heard Island Macquarie Island McDonald Islands Southern Ocean University of Tasmania: UTas ePrints Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Kerguelen Heard Island Australian Antarctic Territory Heard Island ENVELOPE(73.510,73.510,-53.117,-53.117) Heard ENVELOPE(73.510,73.510,-53.117,-53.117) McDonald Islands ENVELOPE(72.600,72.600,-53.033,-53.033) Williams Ridge ENVELOPE(-29.333,-29.333,-80.500,-80.500) Marine Policy 138 104993 |
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Australia has benefited immensely from the maritime zone provisions of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC), particularly the provisions for the Extended Continental Shelf under Article 76. Australia’s comprehensive submission of continental shelf data to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in 2004 included data occurring inside the Antarctic Treaty Area for three separate Australian territories; the Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, and Macquarie Island. This raises questions surrounding the interactions between the LOSC and the Antarctic Treaty in the Southern Ocean. The paper focuses on the Kerguelen Plateau continental shelf deliniation, offering a timely analysis of Australia’s strategic interests here, as Australia seeks to prepare a new or revised Extended Continental Shelf data submission for Williams Ridge. Australia has sought to strike a strategic balance between supporting its territorial interests and derived benefits under LOSC in the Southern Ocean, whilst maintaining and further enhancing some of the key values and norms of the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS). The Kergulen Plateau case represents a strategic pursuit of territorial interests, carefully balanced with a determination to strengthen Australia’s influence within the ATS and enhance the reach of its provisions, particularly in regard to environmental protection and the mining prohibition under the Madrid Protocol. |
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The Kerguelen Plateau: interactions between the Law of the Sea and the Antarctic Treaty |
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The Kerguelen Plateau: interactions between the Law of the Sea and the Antarctic Treaty |
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https://eprints.utas.edu.au/45623/2/149042%20-%20The%20Kerguelen%20Plateau_OA.pdf Titterton, H and Haward, M orcid:0000-0003-4775-0864 2022 , 'The Kerguelen Plateau: interactions between the Law of the Sea and the Antarctic Treaty' , Marine Policy, vol. 138 , pp. 1-9 , doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2022.104993 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.104993>. |
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