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Karumba Roadstead
Karumba Roadstead
Proclamation as pdf file [
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Proclamation
Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973
I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 7of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973, declare that:
- the outer limit of the territorial sea in the southern area of the Gulf of Carpentaria is extended to include the part of the roadstead near the Port of Karumba, in Queensland, that extends beyond the outer limits of the territorial sea as declared by proclamation made under that section on 9 November 1990; and
- the limits of that roadstead are constituted by a line:
- commencing at 17 10 00" S 140 29 00" E;
- then running north-easterly along the geodesic to the 17 09 00" S 140 30 00"E;
- then running south-easterly along the geodesic to the 17 19 30" S 140 39 00"E;
- then running south-westerly along the geodesic to the 17 20 30" S 140 38 00"E;
- then running north-westerly along the geodesic to the point of commencement; and
- for this Proclamation all geographic coordinates are expressed in terms of the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84).