Cape Verde–Mauritania Maritime Delimitation Treaty

The Cape Verde – Mauritania Maritime Delimitation Treaty is a treaty between Cape Verde and Mauritania in which the two states agreed to the delimitation of their maritime boundary.[1]

Cape Verde – Mauritania Maritime Delimitation Treaty
Treaty on the Delimitation of the Maritime Frontier between the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the Republic of Cape Verde
Maritime boundaries of Cape Verde, Mauritania, and neighboring countries.
TypeBoundary delimitation
Signed19 September 2003 (2003-09-19)
LocationPraia, Cape Verde
Parties
DepositaryUnited Nations United Nations Secretariat
LanguagesArabic; French; Portuguese

The treaty was signed at Praia on 19 September 2003 and was ratified by Cape Verde on 23 April 2004. The boundary is approximately 160 nautical miles (300 km; 180 mi) long and trends north–south; the treaty defines it in explicit maritime segments using 18 specific points.

The official name for the treaty is Treaty on the Delimitation of the Maritime Frontier between the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the Republic of Cape Verde.

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  1. ^ Charney, Jonathan I., Colson, David A., Alexander, Lewis M., Smith, Robert W. (2005). International Maritime Boundaries. Vol. 5. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 3694–3707. ISBN 9789004144613. OCLC 23254092.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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