Maritime Boundaries

Topics: Coasts and seas ,

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Maritime boundaries are established through international conventions

GIS data

Maritime Boundaries, vector data, polyline

maritime_boundaries.zip (ZIP archive)
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Methodology

Coastal Erosion Indicators Study

d2-12-1 coastal erosion indicators study.pdf (PDF document)
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Data_Access_Conditions

d2-13-4 data_access_conditions_v2.0.pdf (PDF document)
457.84 KB Download file

Dataset Structure Description

d2-3-3 dataset structure description v3-3 non-copyright.pdf (PDF document)
2.52 MB Download file

Installation_Guide

d2-3-8-2_eurosion_installation_guide_ignfi_v2-2 non-c.pdf (PDF document)
2.10 MB Download file

Inventory_Report

d2-1-1 inventory_report_v4.pdf (PDF document)
4.35 MB Download file

Metadata editor wizard

d2.3.9_metadata_editor_wizard.zip (ZIP archive)
118.86 KB Download file

Quality Manual

d2-2-1 quality manual for implementation of eurosion datab.pdf (PDF document)
639.77 KB Download file

Documents

Pdf-texts to link with GIS-dataset

texts.zip (ZIP archive)
35.15 MB Download file

Additional information

These conventions list the coordinates of points which are the vertices of segments which, in turn, define the maritime boundaries. This layer therefore features the following elements: - The textual content of international conventions establishing maritime boundaries in Europe. Maritime boundaries featured in this layer include territorial waters, bi- or multi-lateral boundaries (e.g. in the North Sea) as well as contiguous and exclusive economic zones. Some fishing areas are also defined. - The coordinates of points listed in these conventions are vertices of maritime boundaries - The maritime boundaries themselves, defined as the segments which links the different points listed in the international conventions.
This layer covers the coast and surrounding seas of EU-25 as well as the sea around Iceland and Greenland. Restrictions are those cases where no regulatory text exists within the UNCLOS till now.

Produced maps and graphs

Maritime boundaries Territorial waters, bi- or multi-lateral boundaries (e.g

Related websites

http://www.eurosion.org/

Publish date:: 08 Mar 2005
Temporal coverage:: 2010
Last upload:: 07 Mar 2005
Geographical coverage:: EU25, EU12, EU15, Albania, Andorra, Iceland
Tags:: vector data | geospatial data
Scale of the data set:: 1:100000
Rights:: The layer "Maritime boundaries" of EUROSION database will be available without any restriction, since source documents are publicly accessible and for free at URL: http://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/europe.htm
Methodology:: This layer is entirely generated from the EUROSION project. Quality appraisal have been performed by an international offshore-nearshore and maritime delimitations expert usually contracted by the ICJ.
Source:: EUROSION was a project commissioned by the General Directorate Environment of the European Commission 2002-2004.
The main source of data comes out of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), where nations define and update their sovereign claims to the ocean. Information provided by UNCLOS has been geocoded by EUROSION.
Owners:: Directorate-General for Environment