Seychelles–Tanzania Maritime Boundary Agreement

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Seychelles–Tanzania Maritime Boundary Agreement
Agreement between the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and the Government of the Republic of Seychelles on the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf
Type
Boundary delimitation
Signed23 January 2002 (2002-01-23)
LocationVictoria, Seychelles
Effective23 January 2002
Parties
DepositaryUnited Nations United Nations Secretariat
LanguagesEnglish; French

The Seychelles–Tanzania Maritime Boundary Agreement is a 2002

delimits the maritime boundary between the two countries.[1]

The agreement was signed in

second of the latitude and longitude coordinates). Only one other maritime boundary is defined as precisely—the IraqKuwait maritime boundary, which was defined in 1993 by the United Nations
Boundary Demarcation Committee. The agreed-to boundary is an approximate equidistant line between the two countries. The two countries had been negotiating their maritime boundary since 1989.

The treaty came into force on the day of signature. The full name of the treaty is Agreement between the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and the Government of the Republic of Seychelles on the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf.

Notes

  1. ^ Charney, Jonathan et al. (2005). International Maritime Boundaries, pp. 3795–3804.

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