(English version) Agreement between Solomon Islands and Australia establishing certain sea and seabed boundaries, 13 September 1988

  • Summary

This legal document contains the English versions of the Agreement between Solomon Islands and Australia establishing certain sea and seabed boundaries, signed on 13 September 1988.

The coordinates of the three basepoints constituting the EEZ and Continental shelf boundary between Australian Reefs in the Coral Sea and Solomon Islands Reefs are listed in Article 1.1 of the Agreement.

by Tran Nguyen Quan

(English version) Agreement on Maritime Delimitation between Australia and France on 4 January 1982

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This legal document contains the English version of the Agreement on Maritime Delimitation between Australia and France, signed on 4 January 1982.

Article 1 provides the coordinates constituting the maritime boundary (EEZ & Continental Shelf) between (1) Australia's islands in the Coral Sea, Norfolk Island, and other Australian islands and (2) France's New Caledonia, Chesterfield Islands, and other French islands.

Article 2 provides the coordinates constituting the maritime boundary (EEZ & Continental Shelf) between (1) Australia's Heard and McDonald Islands and (2) France's Kerguelen Islands.

Regarding the continental shelf, the final basepoint of each of the demarcation lines mentioned in Articles 1 and 2 of the Agreement does not imply the final point for the continental shelf boundary, if the continental shelf boundary needs to be extended in the future.

by Tran Nguyen Quan

(English version) Australia Proclamation of Outer Limits (Torres Strait) of 4 February 1983, pursuant to section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973

  • Summary

This legal document contains Australia's Proclamation of Outer Limits (Torres Strait) of 4 February 1983, pursuant to section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973, promulgated on 4 February 1983.  This document includes mainly the term definitions, regulations, and coordinates of the basepoints regarding the outer limits of the territorial sea adjacent to certain islands comprised within the State of Queensland.

by Tran Nguyen Quan