Rule, Britannia? UK To Lay Claim To Vast Swaths Of South Atlantic

Rule, Britannia? UK To Lay Claim To Vast Swaths Of South Atlantic

Britain is preparing territorial claims on tens of thousands of square miles of the Atlantic Ocean floor around the Falklands, Ascension Island and Rockall in the hope of annexing potentially lucrative gas, mineral and oil fields, the Guardian has learned.

The UK claims, to be lodged at the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, exploit a novel legal approach that is transforming the international politics of underwater prospecting.

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