☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Continental Shelf

The seabed and subsoil extending beyond the territorial sea to the outer edge of the continental margin — or to 200 nautical miles if the margin does not extend that far. The coastal state has sovereign rights over the shelf's resources.

Category: Law of the Sea · Source: UNCLOS Art. 76
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