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Cook Islands: Manihiki Plateau claim adds 350,000 sq km of seabed rights

By Rashneel Kumar, Cook Islands News Cook Islands has secured additional seabed control after the United Nations approved its claim over the Manihiki Plateau, granting the country exclusive rights over an additional 350,000 square kilometres of seabed resources. This follows the formal receipt of recommendations from the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) regarding the Cook Islands revised submission on the continental shelf limits beyond 200 nautical miles for the Manihiki Plateau. The approval, stemming from a submission first made in 2009 and revised in 2021, expands the Cook Islands total maritime jurisdiction to 2,310,027 sq km. The country s Exclusive Economic...


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