United Kingdom Continental Shelf
The United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS, dt. : Continental shelf of the United Kingdom ) refers to the water region around the United Kingdom in which it has the rights to reduce resources. UKCS is the responsibility of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the UK's energy and environment agency.
Outline of the waters
The North Sea is divided into economic zones by international law. These zones may be managed exclusively by the individual states or the resources available there may be mined or licenses issued for these. The United Kingdom divides its economic zone into quadrants of one degree of longitude and one degree of latitude . These quadrants are each divided into 30 blocks of 10 minutes of latitude and 12 minutes of longitude . Some of these blocks are also subdivided again, then a distinction is made alphabetically.
Classification in Germany
A similar system is also used in the other countries bordering the North Sea. Germany and the Netherlands have a common quadrant system. These are designated with letters and are divided into blocks of 10 angular minutes of geographical latitude and 20 angular minutes of geographical longitude.
Individual evidence
- ^ Douglas M. Johnston: Marine policy and the coastal community: the impact of the law of the se . Croom Helm, London 1976, ISBN 978-0-85664-158-9 .