Australia–Solomon Islands Maritime Boundary Agreement Explained

Australia – Solomon Islands Maritime Boundary Agreement
Long Name:	Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Solomon Islands establishing certain sea and seabed boundaries
Type:	Boundary delimitation
Location Signed:	Honiara, Solomon Islands
Date Effective:	14 April 1989
Parties:	Australia Solomon Islands
Depositor:	United Nations Secretariat
Language:	English

The Australia–Solomon Islands Maritime Boundary Agreement is a treaty between the governments of Australia and the Solomon Islands signed in Honiara on 13 September 1988 to delimit a maritime boundary in the ocean and the seabed.^[1]

The text of the treaty sets out a relatively short boundary composed of two straight-line maritime segments defined by three individual coordinate points. The boundary represents an approximate equidistant line between Australia and the Solomon Islands and defines the limit of Australian Fishing Zone and the Solomon Islands Exclusive Economic Zone.

The full name of the treaty is Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Solomon Islands establishing certain sea and seabed boundaries. It entered into force on 14 April 1989 after it had been ratified by both countries.

References

• Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas. Routledge: New York. ; OCLC 54061586
• Charney, Jonathan I., David A. Colson, Robert W. Smith. (2005). International Maritime Boundaries, 5 vols. Hotei Publishing: Leiden. ; ; ; ; ; OCLC 23254092
• Stuart B. Kaye (1995). V3IRAAAAYAAJAustralia's Maritime Boundaries. Wollongong, New South Wales: University of Wollongong Press. ; OCLC 38390208

External links

• Full text of agreement

Notes and References

1. Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). ; Charney, Jonathan I. et al. (2005). International Maritime Boundaries, pp. 977–984; Kaye, Stuart B. Kaye (1995).