The CIA World Factbook Edition 1990, the latest with this field Geography

Continental shelf In 1 edition of 36.

Continental shelf was published in 1 edition of the CIA World Factbook, in 1990. The 1990 edition carries it in 132 entries, in its Geography section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1990 edition
132
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
1990

Published as “Continental shelf” (1990).

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World

1 entry

World

generally 200 nm, but some are 200 meters in depth;

Africa

21 entries

Bassas da India

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Cameroon

not specific;

Ivory Coast now Cote d'Ivoire

200 m;

Egypt

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Europa Island

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

The Gambia

not specific;

Ghana

200 nm;

Glorioso Islands

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Juan de Nova Island

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Liberia

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Mauritania

edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

Mauritius

edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

Mayotte

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Morocco

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Nigeria

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Reunion

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Senegal

edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

Seychelles

edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

South Africa

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Sudan

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Tromelin Island

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Antarctic Region

4 entries

Bouvet Island

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

200 meters or to depth of exploration;

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

200 meters or to depth of exploration;

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Arctic Region

4 entries

Greenland

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Iceland

edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

Jan Mayen

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Svalbard

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Asia

4 entries

Bangladesh

up to outer limits of continental margin;

India

edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

Pakistan

edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

Sri Lanka

edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

Central America and the Caribbean

15 entries

Anguilla

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

The Bahamas

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

British Virgin Islands

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Costa Rica

200 nm;

Dominican Republic

outer edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

Guadeloupe

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Guatemala

not specific;

Haiti

to depth of exploitation;

Honduras

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Martinique

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Navassa Island

200 m;

Nicaragua

not specified;

Puerto Rico

200 m;

Trinidad and Tobago

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Virgin Islands

200 m;

Europe

22 entries

Albania

not specified;

Belgium

not specific;

Denmark

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Faroe Islands

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Finland

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

German Democratic Republic

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Germany, Federal Republic of now Germany

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Gibraltar

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Greece

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Guernsey

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Ireland

no precise definition;

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Italy

200 m or to depth of exploitation;

Jersey

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Malta

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Norway

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Portugal

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Romania

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Soviet Union

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Sweden

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

United Kingdom

200 meters or to depth of exploitation or in accordance with agreed upon boundaries;

Yugoslavia

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Middle East

12 entries

Bahrain

not specific;

Cyprus

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Iran

not specific;

Iraq

not specific;

Israel

to depth of exploitation;

Kuwait

not specific;

Oman

to be defined;

Qatar

not specific;

Saudi Arabia

not specific;

United Arab Emirates

defined by bilateral boundaries or equidistant line

Yemen Arab Republic

200 meters;

Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of now People's Democratic Republic of Yemen

edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

North America

6 entries

Bermuda

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Canada

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Clipperton Island

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Mexico

natural prolongation of continental margin or 200 nm;

St. Pierre and Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

United States

not specified;

Oceania

23 entries

American Samoa

200 m;

Australia

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Baker Island

200 m;

Cook Islands

200 meters or edge of continental margin;

Coral Sea Islands

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Fiji

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Guam

200 m;

Howland Island

200 m;

Jarvis Island

200 m;

Johnston Atoll

200 m;

Kingman Reef

200 m;

Midway Islands

200 m;

New Caledonia

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

New Zealand

edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

Norfolk Island

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Northern Mariana Islands

200 m;

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the now Palau

200 m;

Palmyra Atoll

200 m;

Papua New Guinea

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Tonga

no specific limits;

Vanuatu

edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

Wake Island

200 m;

Wallis and Futuna

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

South America

9 entries

Argentina

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Brazil

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Chile

200 nm;

Colombia

not specified;

Ecuador

200 m;

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

100 meter depth;

Guyana

outer edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

Uruguay

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Venezuela

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Southeast Asia

11 entries

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

200 meters or to depth of exploration;

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

Cambodia

200 nm;

Christmas Island

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Hong Kong

200 meters or to depth of exploitation;

Indonesia

to depth of exploitation;

Malaysia

200 meters or to depth of exploitation, specified boundary in the South China Sea;

Philippines

to depth of exploitation;

Thailand

not specific;

Vietnam

edge of continental margin or 200 nm;

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1990, “Continental shelf”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/continental-shelf.

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