Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the continental shelf is a juridical term used to define a submarine area that extends throughout the natural prolongation of a land territory, where the coastal State exercises sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural resources. Article 76 provides a methodology for determining the outer edge of the continent...
On 22 August 2017, the Portuguese Republic transmitted to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, through the Secretary-General, an Amended Executive Summary to its submission.