S.I. No. 173/1959 - Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959 (Straight Baselines) Order, 1959.

1. This Order may be cited as the

Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959

(Straight Baselines) Order, 1959.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1960.

3. Straight lines joining in succession the points the co-ordinates of which are given in a particular Part of the Schedule shall be straight baselines for the purposes of the

Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959

.

SCHEDULE.

TERMINAL POINTS OF STRAIGHT BASELINES.

Reference Number

Co-ordinates of Points

Location

North Latitude

West Longtitude

Part A.

1.

55°22·6'

7°24·2'

Scart Rocks, Malin Head

2.

55°15·4'

7°47·1'

Melmore Head

3.

55°13·7'

7°58·9'

Horn Head

4.

55°12·4'

8°09·5'

Inishbeg

5.

55°09·6'

8°17·0'

Bloody Foreland

6.

55°04·5'

8°28·9'

Stag Rocks

7.

55°00·8'

8°33·8'

Rinrawros Point, Aran Island

8.

54° 42·0'

8° 48·2'

Malinmore Head

Reference Number

Co-ordinates of Points

Location

North Latitude

West Longtitude

Part B.

9.

54°39·6'

8°47·3'

West entrance to Malinbeg Bay

10.

54°17·8'

9°03·3'

Lenadoon Point

11.

54°19·7'

9°20·5'

Downpatrick Head

Part C.

12.

54°19·8'

9°51·9'

Kid Island, Broadhaven

13.

54°18·6'

9°59·9'

Rocky Island, Erris Head

14.

54°16·9'

10°05·6'

Eagle Island

15.

54°03·7'

10°21·0'

Blacksod Bay (Rock to S.W. of Black Rock)

16.

53°58·3'

10°16·5'

Carrickakin, Achill Island

17.

53°36·3'

10°19·2'

Kemmeen Rocks, Inishark

18.

53°24·0'

10°14·5'

Slyne Head

19.

53°08·8'

9°51·6'

Eeragh Island, Aran Islands

20.

53°08·4'

9°50·9'

South Island, Aran Islands

Part D.

21.

53°05·2'

9°38·5'

S.E. corner Inishmore, Aran Islands

22.

53°03·9'

9°37·0'

Inishmaan, Aran Islands

23.

53°02·8'

9°33·3'

Inisheer, Aran Islands

24.

52°56·4'

9°28·5'

Cregga More

25.

52°43·8'

9°38·2'

Donegal Point

Part E.

26.

52°33·6'

9°56·3'

Loop Head

27.

52°25·2'

9°56·8'

Kerry Head

28.

52°17·6'

10°10·4'

Deelick Point

Part F.

29.

52°10·9'

10°28·4'

Sybil Point

30.

52°08·3'

10°34·5'

Inishtooskert, Blasket Islands

31.

52°07·7'

10°35·7'

Carrigduff, Blasket Islands

32.

52°04·6'

10°41·0'

Tearaght Rocks West, Inistearaght

33.

52°01·3'

10°41·3'

Great Foze Rock

34.

51° 45·8'

10° 32·7'

Washerwoman Rock, Great Skellig

Reference Number

Co-ordinates of Points

Location

North Latitude

West Latitude

35.

51°35·5'

10°18·5'

Gull Rock, Dursey Island

36.

51°34·2'

10°14·8'

Calf Rock, Dursey Island

37.

51°26·9'

9°49·2'

Mizen Head

38.

51°25·2'

9°30·8'

Bream Point, Cape Clear

39.

51°28·0'

9°13·4'

The Stags, Toe Head

40.

51°31·8'

8°57·2'

Galley Head

41.

51°34·2'

8°42·7'

Seven Heads

42.

51°36·3'

8°32·0'

Old Head of Kinsale

43.

51°49·5'

7°59·0'

Ballycotton Island

44.

51°52·9'

7°51·2'

Capel Island, Knockadoon Head

45.

51°56·5'

7°42·4'

Ram Head

46.

51°59·6'

7°34·6'

The Rogue, Mine Head

47.

52°07·4'

6°55·7'

Hook Head

48.

52°06·5'

6°37·4'

Great Saltee Island (Souther most Point)

49.

52°09·2'

6°24·6'

Black Rock, Carnsore

50.

52° 10·3'

6° 21·8'

Carnsore Point

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 20th day of October, 1959.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Order prescribes straight baselines from which the territorial seas are to be measured in relation to certain parts of the national territory.

A map showing the prescribed straight baselines is annexed.

Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959

. (Straight Baselines) Order, 1959.

S.I. No. 173 of 1959.

MARITIME JURISDICTION ACT, 1959 (STRAIGHT BASELINES) ORDER, 1959.

The Government, in exercise of the power conferred on them by subsection (2) of

section 4

of the

Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 1959

(No. 22 of 1959), hereby order as follows