Under international law, countries control the waters within 200 nautical miles of their shores. Argentina’s sea shelf – one of the widest in the world – runs to the edge of its ocean territory. This ...

Chile and Argentina have resurfaced an ongoing dispute over the extent of the continental shelf in the extreme south of the South American continent, but hopefully, both sides have agreed to sit ...

But they were mistaken. Argentina had made a submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) on 21 April 2009 to claim sovereignty rights over the resources of the sea-bed.

A law that would protect a massive stretch of Argentina’s seafloor is running out of time for a parliamentary vote, and conservationists are racing to raise awareness before they run into major ...

If the vessel is resting on Argentina’s continental shelf, it is likely in waters shallower than 600 meters, but if it’s farther out into the Atlantic Ocean, it could be below its crush depth ...

Argentina has been in dispute with Britain over the sovereignty of the islands for more than 170 years. The claim adds to the 4,800,000 sq km of continental shelf spreading out 320 km (200 miles) from ...

Argentina’s government said a UN scientific commission bolstered its case when it endorsed the country’s claim that its continental shelf extends to include waters around the Falklands ...

The submarine disappeared on the edge of the Argentine shelf where depths plummet from 200 meters (650 feet) to more than 3,000 meters. Experts say the sub would have been crushed by water ...