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Article 1
Article (1) 1. The Straight Baselines of UAE Maritime Zones in the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman shall be in accordance with the coordinate lists shown in the following tables: a. Straight Baselines of UAE Coastline overlooking the Arabian Gulf: Longitude Latitude Site name Point Number 51o35’17.100”E 24o16’ 03.699”N Doha Al Samira 1 51o31’ 49.881”E 24o23’ 10.638”N Almallab Island 2 51o31’ 09.901”E 24o25’ 25.601”N West of Khoyen Island 3 51o31’ 11.100”E 24o25’ 32.099”N North of Khoyen Island 4 51o42’ 54.320”E 24o36’ 22.943”N Qaffay Island 5 51o48’ 33.095”E 24o40’ 47.903”N Northwest of Makasib Island 6 51o48’ 21.299”E 24o40’ 48.522”N Northeast of Makasib Island 7 51o49’ 39.626”E 24o40’ 16.885”N East of Makasib Island 8
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Cabinet Resolution of 2022 Concerning the application of the Straight Baseline System on UAE Coasts 2 52o00’ 42.502”E 24o15’ 24.901”N High Elias Island 9 52o36’ 39.899”E 24o22’ 23.902”N Sir Bani Yas Island 10 52o45’ 44.302”E 24o24’ 03.301”N Umm Al Kurkum Island 11 53o04’ 35.501”E 24o22’ 57.698”N Western Perm Island 12 53o25’ 20.701”E 24o25’ 35.602”N Northeast of Marawah Island 13 53o48’ 22.100”E 24o19’ 03.601”N Abu Al Abyad Island 14 54o39’ 54.200”E 24o50’ 37.800”N Khalifa Port 15 55o13’ 45.439”E 24o21’ 51.669”N Palm tree of Deira 16 56o04’ 55.686”E 24o02’ 58.391”N Algeer Port 17 56o05’ 09.418”E 26o03’ 05.173”N Aldarah 18 b. Straight Baselines of UAE Coastline overlooking the Gulf of Oman: Longitude Latitude Site name Point Number 56o16’ 18.648”E 25o37’ 35.388”N Dibba Al-Hisn 1 56o21’ 07.095”E 25o36’ 12.053”N Suwaifa Island 2 56o21’ 21.900”E 25o35’ 28.600”N Ras Dibba 3 56o21’ 32.400”E 25o35’ 14.100”N Al Fqait 4 56o22’ 30.470”E 25o32’ 23.655”N Dedna 5 56o22’ 54.586”E 25o19’ 23.859”N Ras Qaddafa 6 56o23’ 00.900”E 25o11’ 25.600”N Fujairah Port 7 56o22’ 35.271”E 24o58’ 52.844”N South of Kalba 8 56o22’ 35.495”E 24o58’ 49.524”N Navigation snout 9 2. All coordinates shown in Table (A-B) of this article are determined on the World Geodetic System Geographic-WGS-84. 3. The Straight Baselines shown in Table (A-B) of this Article shall be used to demarcate UAE Maritime Areas.
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Cabinet Resolution of 2022 Concerning the application of the Straight Baseline System on UAE Coasts 3