On 30 October 2023, the Russian Federation submitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), in accordance with UNCLOS Article 76, paragraph 8, and with reference to its Submission of 20 December 2001, and of it Partial Revised submission of 3 August 2015 (with addenda submitted on 31 March 2021) in respect of the Arctic Ocean, information on the limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of its territorial sea is measured in the area of the Gakkel Ridge in the Arctic Ocean. On 6 February 2023, CLCS had approved the Recommendations of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in Regard to the Partial Revised Submission Made by The Russian Federation in respect of the Arctic Ocean on 3 August 2015 with Addenda Submitted on 31 March 2021. The purpose of this new submission is to establish the outer limits of the continental shelf (OLCS) of the Russian Federation in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean in the area of the Gakkel Ridge, the Nansen and Amundsen basins.
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