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" Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 5, on submarine ridges the outer limit of the continental shelf shall not exceed 350 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. This paragraph does not apply to submarine elevations that are natural components of the continental margin, such as its plateaux, rises, caps, banks and spurs."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
➡ the side of a body of water and the land near it.
➡ line along the coast of a coastal State as marked on large-scale charts officially recognised by the coastal State which acts as the starting point for measuring the breadth of the sea around a coastal state.
➡ connected with ships, sailors and sailing, seamanship, marine navigation.
➡ a unit used in measuring distances at sea, equal to 1,852 metres (approximately 2,025 yards), or one minute of arc along the Earth’s equator.
➡ the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands
➡ a vehicle that can travel underwater, control its own movement and maintain its own life support.
➡ existing or located under the sea
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