The United Kingdom made on Tuesday 11 May 2009, its submission in respect of its extended continental shelf around the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

The United Kingdom has no doubts about its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, or its right to make a submission to extend the continental shelf ...

Oil and gas exploration is underway on the continental shelf. There are two seaports and an airport on the archipelago, and ferries carry residents and cargo between the largest islands. The Falkland ...

He said that in 2022, Argentina ’s Energy Secretariat “declared illegal the activities carried out by Navitas Petroleum on the Argentine continental shelf”.

Now, it's run into the continental shelf roughly 50 miles from South Georgia Island, an extremely remote and mountainous British territory 870 miles east of the Falkland Islands.

It could avoid the shelf and get carried into open water beyond South Georgia, a British overseas territory some 870 miles east of the Falkland Islands. Or it could strike the sloping bottom and ...

The Chilean government has reiterated its own claims to parts of Antarctic territory and waters. Chile's comments come after the UK government this week announced plans to claim sovereignty over a ...

The Falkland Islands are located in the South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Argentina. There are 778 islands in total, with the capital Stanley located on East Falkland with a population of ...

Falkland Islands and Gibraltar status non-negotiable, says Lammy 7 October 2024 Sean Seddon & Megan Fisher BBC News ...

Falklands crisis erupts as islands release defiant statement to the UK over £4bn oil field The project is predicted to generate £4 billion for the 3,700 Falklanders over the next 35 years ...

Japan on Saturday extended its designation of its continental shelf to the eastern part of islands some 1,000 kilometres south of Tokyo, enabling the resource-poor country to start research on ...