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The South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (Territorial Sea) (Amendment) Order 2024

S.I. 2024/994 · Made 2 October 2024

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SOUTH ATLANTIC TERRITORIES

Made 2nd October 2024

Coming into force 3rd October 2024

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 2nd day of October 2024

Present,

The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

His Majesty, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon Him by the Colonial Boundaries Act 1895f1 and all other powers enabling Him on that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1895 c.34. Parts of the 1895 Act not relevant to this Order have been repealed by the Statute Law Repeals Act 1989 (c.43).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 1989
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule POINTS ON OR IN THE VICINITY OF THE ISLAND OF SOUTH GEORGIA JOINED TO FORM BASELINES, EXCEPT BETWEEN POINTS 20 AND 21
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (Territorial Sea) (Amendment) Order 2024 and comes into force on 3rd October 2024.

2Amendment of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 1989

(1)

The South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 1989f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Article 3, paragraph 3—

(a)

for “in the first column” each time it occurs, substitute “in the second and third columns”;

(b)

for “in the second column”, substitute “in the fourth column”;

(c)

for “points 19 and 20”, substitute “points 20 and 21”.

(3)

For the Schedule, substitute the Schedule to this Order.

Signature

Richard Tilbrook

Clerk of the Privy Council

POINTS ON OR IN THE VICINITY OF THE ISLAND OF SOUTH GEORGIA JOINED TO FORM BASELINES, EXCEPT BETWEEN POINTS 20 AND 21

Co-ordinates of Latitude SouthCo-ordinates of Longitude WestName of Feature
1.53° 59’ 27”S38° 17’ 52”WRamp Rock - N
2.53° 59’ 40”S38° 10’ 31”WTrinity Island
3.53° 59’ 49”S38° 01’ 22”WBird Island
4.53° 59’ 24”S37° 55’ 08”WSørn
5.53° 58’ 31”S37° 44’ 31”WCape North
6.53° 57’ 48”S37° 29’ 21”WRock north of Welcome Island
7.54° 03’ 23”S36° 59’ 17”WCape Constance
8.54° 03’ 44”S36° 57’ 35”WContrast Rocks
9.54° 04’ 47”S36° 51’ 13”WThe Guides
10.54° 06’ 48”S36° 40’ 09”WHercules Point
11.54° 07’ 06”S36° 38’ 38”WTurpie Rock
12.54° 07’ 30”S36° 37’ 34”WHumpback Rocks
13.54° 10’ 58”S36° 29’ 25”WJason Island
14.54° 15’ 33”S36° 18’ 01”WEast Skerry
15.54° 17’ 20”S36° 14’ 44”WCape George
16.54° 22’ 33”S36° 09’ 21”WCape Vakop
17.54° 32’ 37”S35° 53’ 27”WRock off Cape Charlotte
18.54° 41’ 57”S35° 43’ 37”WFilchner Rocks
19.54° 48’ 14”S35° 46’ 02”WCooper Island - NE
20.54° 49’ 16”S35° 46’ 32”WCooper Island - SE
21.54° 49’ 31”S35° 48’ 13”WCooper Island - SW
22.54° 55’ 26”S36° 06’ 47”WFirst Rock
23.54° 45’ 54”S36° 19’ 53”WKupriyanov Islands
24.54° 38’ 19”S36° 45’ 44”WTanner Island, Pickersgill Islands
25.54° 30’ 46”S37° 06’ 02”WSouth West Point
26.54° 29’ 48”S37° 08’ 24”WMislaid Rock
27.54° 08’ 27”S37° 45’ 54”WSaddle Island
28.54° 04’ 39”S38° 00’ 40”WOlsen Rock
29.54° 04’ 33”S38° 01’ 33”WWaring Rocks
30.54° 01’ 21”S38° 15’ 35”WBryde Rocks - S
31.54° 01’ 07”S38° 16’ 02”WBryde Rocks - N
32.53° 59’ 29”S38° 18’ 00”WRamp Rock - W
1.53° 59’ 27”S38° 17’ 52”WRamp Rock - N

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order in Council)

This Order amends the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1995f1) (“the 1989 Order”). That Order specifies a series of points around South Georgia and other islands in its immediate vicinity, which are joined by a series of straight baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. The Maritime Zone established around the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands by the Proclamation (Maritime Zone) No. 1 of 1993f2 is also measured from these baselines.

This Order amends the 1989 Order to revise the co-ordinates of those points, to rename some points and to add a new point. This follows a new survey and the publication of new charts of the area.

The baseline along the coast between points 20 and 21 in the Schedule is measured from the low-water line as set out in Article 3(1) of the 1989 Order.

The limits of the territorial sea derived from these baselines are shown on Admiralty Charts published by the UK Hydrographic Office and obtainable from agents and distributors.