1.6 Special Areas (Taken from MARPOL Regulation 10 (now Regulation 1.11 )
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1.6 Special Areas (Taken from MARPOL Regulation 10 (now Regulation 1.11 )

  1.6.1 For the purpose of this Annex, the special areas are the Mediterranean Sea area, the Baltic Sea area, the Black Sea area, the Red Sea area, the “Gulfs area“, the Gulf of Aden area, the Antarctic area and the North-West European waters, which are defined as follows:

  1.6.2 The Mediterranean Sea area means the Mediterranean Sea proper including the gulfs and seas therein with the boundary between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea constituted by the 41°N parallel and bounded to the west by the Straits of Gibraltar at the meridian of 5°36' W.

  1.6.3 The Baltic Sea area means the Baltic Sea proper with the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland and the entrance to the Baltic Sea bounded by the parallel of the Skaw in the Skagerrak at 57°44.8' N.

  1.6.4 The Black Sea area means the Black Sea proper with the boundary between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea constituted by the parallel 41°N

  1.6.5 The Red Sea area means the Red Sea proper including the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba bounded at the south by the rhumb line between Ras si Ane (12°28.5' N, 43°19.6' E) and Husn Murad (12°40.4' N, 43°30.2' E).

  1.6.6 The Gulfs area means the sea area located north-west of the rhumb line between Ras al Hadd (22°30' N, 59°48' E) and Ras al Fasteh (25°04' N, 61°25' E).

  1.6.7 The Gulf of Aden area means that part of the Gulf of Aden between the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea bounded to the west by the rhumb line between Ras si Ane (12°28.5' N, 43°19.6' E) and Husn Murad (12°40.4' N, 43°30.2' E) and to the east by the rhumb line between Ras Asir (11°50' N, 51°16.9' E) and Ras Fartak (15°35' N, 52°13.8' E).

  1.6.8 The Antarctic area means the sea area south of latitude 60° S.

  1.6.9 The North-West European waters include the North Sea and its approaches, the Irish Sea and its approaches, the Celtic Sea, the English Channel and its approaches and part of the North-East Atlantic immediately to the west of Ireland. The area is bounded by lines joining the following points:

  • 1.6.9.1 48°27' N on the French coast;

  • 1.6.9.2 48°27' N, 6°25' W;

  • 1.6.9.3 49°52' N, 7°44' W;

  • 1.6.9.4 50°30' N, 12° W;

  • 1.6.9.5 56°30' N, 12° W;

  • 1.6.9.6 62° N, 3° W;

  • 1.6.9.7 62° N on the Norwegian coast;

  • 1.6.9.8 57° 44.8' N on the Danish and Swedish coasts.

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