Continental shelf of Chile

[5][6][7][8][9] Decisions and presentations made to the UN have influenced bilateral relations and Chile's maritime policies, making the continental shelf a critical issue in the country's security and defense agenda.

In February 2022, Chile submitted its second partial presentation regarding the Extended Continental Shelf to the west of the Chilean Antarctic Territory.

[15][16] In August of the same year, oral presentations of both partial submissions were made during the 55th Session of the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in New York.

On the continental shelf, the coastal State exercises exclusive sovereignty rights for the exploration and exploitation of the natural resources there (Article 77 of Convemar).

On August 25, 1997, Chile signed and ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, entering into force for the country on September 24, 1997.

2) A line drawn, in accordance with Article 76, paragraph 7, in relation to fixed points located no more than 60 nautical miles from the foot of the continental slope.

To the south of the final boundary point (point F), the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Chile will extend, to the extent permitted by international law, westward of meridian 67° 16',0 West longitude, delineating to the east with the high seas.According to the treaty, for the establishment of Argentina's exclusive economic zone southeast of the meridian of Cape Horn, the 200 nautical miles are counted from the coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego without considering the Chilean islands that intervene.

Although the treaty does not explicitly mention the limit of the continental shelf south of point F, Argentina presented an extension beyond 200 nautical miles east of the Cape Horn meridian.

It begins at the point where the geographic parallel passing through Landmark N° 1 intersects the low tide line, and from there extends for 80 nautical miles.