S.I. No. 22/2016 - Maritime Jurisdiction (Straight Baselines) Order 2016.

1. This Order may be cited as the Maritime Jurisdiction (Straight Baselines) Order 2016.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of February 2016.

3. Straight lines connecting in succession the following points, defined by co-ordinates of latitude and longitude on the World Geodetic System 1984 datum (WGS 1984), are prescribed as straight baselines

(

a

) the points specified at reference numbers 1 to 8 of Part A of the Schedule;

(

b

) the points specified at reference numbers 9 to 11 of Part B of the Schedule;

(

c

) the points specified at reference numbers 12 to 20 of Part C of the Schedule;

(

d

) the points specified at reference numbers 21 to 25 of Part D of the Schedule;

(

e

) the points specified at reference numbers 26 to 28 of Part E of the Schedule;

(

f

) the points specified at reference numbers 29 to 50 of Part F of the Schedule.

4. The

Maritime Jurisdiction Act 1959

(Straight Baselines) Order 1959 (

S.I. No. 173 of 1959

) is revoked.

SCHEDULE

Reference No.

Latitude

Longitude

Description

Part A

1

55° 22 32.87293" N

7° 24 09.48168" W

Scart Rocks, Malin Head

2

55° 15 26.04254" N

7° 47 14.42085" W

Melmore Head

3

55° 13 40.78997" N

7° 59 01.05940" W

Horn Head

4

55° 12 24.12915" N

8° 09 37.21957" W

Inishbeg

5

55° 09 35.96316" N

8° 17 01.89121" W

Bloody Foreland

6

55° 04 32.10846" N

8° 28 52.19132" W

Stag Rocks

7

55° 00 54.63951" N

8° 33 42.21630" W

Rinrawros Point, Aran Island

8

54° 41 57.38032" N

8° 48 25.53870" W

Malinmore Head

Part B

9

54° 39 35.12589" N

8° 47 19.10427" W

Malinbeg Bay, West Entrance

10

54° 17 41.73725" N

9° 03 29.60920" W

Lenadoon Point

11

54° 19 39.88447" N

9° 20 44.99838" W

Downpatrick Head

Part C

12

54° 19 49.50515" N

9° 51 55.26154" W

Kid Island, Broadhaven

13

54° 18 39.55771" N

9° 59 55.29010" W

Erris Head

14

54° 17 04.53378" N

10° 05 30.12885" W

Eagle Island

15

54° 03 38.17630" N

10° 21 00.96420" W

Blacksod Bay (rock SW of Black Rock)

16

53° 58 19.82759" N

10° 16 25.13030" W

Carrickakin, Achill Island

17

53° 36 11.87952" N

10° 18 52.11944" W

Kimmeen Rocks, Inishark

18

53° 24 01.03246" N

10° 14 25.06583" W

Slyne Head

19

53° 08 45.34880" N

9° 51 31.37033" W

Eeragh Island, Aran Islands

20

53° 08 26.54765" N

9° 50 59.44841" W

South Island, Aran Islands

Part D

21

53° 05 18.44451" N

9° 38 25.42724" W

SE corner Inishmore, Aran Islands

22

53° 03 56.50713" N

9° 37 01.66646" W

Inishmaan, Aran Islands

23

53° 02 51.97453" N

9° 33 16.66174" W

Inisheer, Aran Islands

24

52° 56 20.82657" N

9° 28 34.97449" W

Cregga More

25

52° 43 43.82360" N

9° 38 03.41970" W

Donegal Point

Part E

26

52° 33 32.72760" N

9° 56 18.05722" W

Loop Head

27

52° 25 12.69702" N

9° 56 42.01840" W

Kerry Head

28

52° 17 29.37530" N

10° 10 34.66357" W

Deelick Point

Part F

29

52° 10 55.20606" N

10° 28 17.22205" W

Sybil Point

30

52° 08 15.36584" N

10° 34 25.66524" W

Inishtooskert, Blasket Islands

31

52° 07 30.35819" N

10° 35 45.37947" W

Carrigduff, Blasket Islands

32

52° 04 29.84284" N

10° 40 45.80315" W

Tearaght Rocks West, Inistearaght

33

52° 01 26.84347" N

10° 41 26.28472" W

Great Foze Rocks

34

51° 45 53.26444" N

10° 32 49.16890" W

Washerwoman Rock, Great Skellig

35

51° 35 31.66824" N

10° 18 28.34177" W

Gull Rock, Dursey Island

36

51° 34 12.52557" N

10° 14 53.40665" W

The Calf, Dursey Island

37

51° 26 56.91703" N

9° 49 16.50803" W

Mizen Head

38

51° 25 12.45597" N

9° 30 50.31146" W

Bream Point, Cape Clear

39

51° 27 59.40209" N

9° 13 27.99594" W

Strologue, Toe Head — Stags

40

51° 31 46.05211" N

8° 57 08.79434" W

Dhulic, Galley Head

41

51° 34 09.50390" N

8° 42 49.00104" W

Seven Heads

42

51° 36 14.30752" N

8° 32 04.12550" W

Old Head of Kinsale

43

51° 49 28.32329" N

7° 59 01.82870" W

Ballycotton Island

44

51° 52 51.33027" N

7° 51 15.64324" W

Knockadoon Head, Capel Island

45

51° 56 30.43116" N

7° 42 29.04668" W

Islet SE of Ram Head

46

51° 59 41.77191" N

7° 34 38.73414" W

The Rogue, Mine Head

47

52° 07 21.90213" N

6° 55 48.89945" W

Hook Head

48

52° 06 31.42349" N

6° 37 23.30526" W

South end of Great Saltee Island

49

52° 09 17.21990" N

6° 24 48.79233" W

Black Rock, Carnsore

50

52° 10 20.74906" N

6° 21 51.75365" W

Carnsore Point

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

13 January 2016.

ENDA KENNY,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The Order prescribes straight baselines for the purposes of the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006. A map showing the prescribed straight baselines for illustrative purposes is annexed.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

19

th January

, 2016.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by

section 85

(2) of the

Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006

(No. 8 of 2006), hereby order as follows