On 6 February 2023 the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) approved, with amendments, Recommendations in regard to the partial revised submission made by the Russian Federation in respect of the Arctic Ocean (3 August 2015; Addenda 31 March 2021 (previously reported)). The CLCS Recommendations include:
119. The Commission recommends that the Russian Federation proceeds to establish the outer limits of the continental shelf from fixed point 2G2_rev to fixed point 3E1_fin in Nansen Basin, from fixed point 4G1_rev to fixed point 8H11 in Amundsen Basin, and from fixed point 10H1_rev to fixed point 10D161 in Canada Basin (Figure 25; Table 3 of annex I).
120. Due to insufficient data and information provided for the outer edge of the continental margin, the outer limits of the continental shelf in the southern part of Amundsen Basin have not been defined (see chapters 3 and 5).The Commission recommends that the Russian Federation makes a partial revised submission in respect of its continental shelf in that area.
121. The Commission recognizes that the establishment of the final outer limits of the continental shelf of the Russian Federation in the Arctic Ocean may depend on continental shelf delimitation with neighboring States.
CLCS, Summary of the Recommendations, pp. 38-40.
For further information see Russia’s partial revised Submission in respect of the Arctic Ocean, including communications received from Canada, United States of America and Denmark, as well as the previous findings and recommendations concerning a partial revised submission in respect of its extended continental shelf in the Central Arctic Ocean (Submission by the Russian Federation).
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