kiribati maritime boundaries & extended continental shelf claim

Romano Reo

GIS CONFERENCE 2013

KIRIBATI MARITIME BOUNDARIES & EXTENDED CONTINENTAL SHELF CLAIM

Presentation Contents

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Showcase where Kiribati is in relation to its Maritime

Boundaries

Kiribati Extended Continental Shelf claim

Kiribati Maritime Boundaries

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Data ConversionMaps on Local

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Very outdated Hydro Chart

Revised Marine Zone Act

Geo-referenced using GPS ground truth

Kiribati Maritime Boundaries

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Quality of existing charts can often be inadequate and not necessarily compatible with modern

geodetic reference systems

Kiribati – Shared Maritime Boundaries

Line Islands

Phoenix Islands

Gilbert Islands

Marshall Islands

Nauru

TuvaluTokelau (NZ)

Howland (US)

Cook Islands

Palmyra (US)

Jarvis (US)

French Polynesia

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Kiribati – completed all of its nine (9) maritime boundaries

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Kiribati – completed all of its nine (9) maritime boundaries

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Kiribati – completed all of its nine (9) maritime boundaries

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Kiribati Maritime Boundaries

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Kiribati Maritime Boundaries

Outstanding tasks

• Update the Legislation – declaring outer limits in the domestic

declarations

• Lodge all the information with the United Nations

Kiribati Extended Continental Shelf Claim

Kiribati satisfies the provision of UNCLOS to claim ECS

Provides Kiribati with sovereign rights over the seabed beyond its Exclusive Economic Zone

4 potential sites has been identified

Kiribati ECS claim been submitted to DOALOS on 24 December 2012, followed by presentation to the Commission in August 2013

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Data Type & Applications Used

• Singlebeam bathymetry• Multibeam bathymetry• Satellite derived gravity

• ArcGIS• Geocap

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ETOPO bathymetry database

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Geographical and geomorphological

context

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Western PlatformEastern Platform

Central Area

BOS BOS

Platform

RidgeFingers

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Kiribati – ECS Claim Areas

Line Islands

Phoenix Islands

Gilbert Islands

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Submission contents

• Executive Summary• Main Body• Supporting scientific

and technical data

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Kiribati – Total Marine Jurisdiction

Line Islands

Phoenix Islands

Gilbert Islands

Total EEZ Area = 3.456M SQ.KM

Total ECS Area = 110,000 SQ.KM

Te Mauri, Te Raoi, ao Te Tabomoa

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