The 1983 France – United Kingdom Maritime Boundary Convention is a 1983

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between

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and the

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which establishes the maritime boundary between

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and the British territory of the

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.Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). ''International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas,'' p. 297; Charney, Jonathan ''et al.'' (2005). ''International Maritime Boundaries,'' pp. 2293–2295. The treaty was signed in

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on 25 October 1983. The text of the treaty sets out a boundary that is an equidistant line between the nearest islands of the two territories. The boundary is roughly north–south and consists of five straight-line

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segments defined by six individual coordinate points. The convention came into force on 12 April 1984, after both states had ratified it. In 1993, after the United Kingdom declared an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) around the Pitcairn Islands, the two states agreed that the boundary set out in the 1983 treaty should also be the boundary between the French and British EEZs in the South Pacific. The full name of the treaty is ''Convention on Maritime Boundaries between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland''.

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* Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). ''International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas.'' Routledge: New York.
OCLC 54061586
* Charney, Jonathan I., David A. Colson, Robert W. Smith. (2005). ''International Maritime Boundaries,'' 5 vols. Hotei Publishing: Leiden. ; ; ; ;
OCLC 23254092

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Full text of convention
{{DEFAULTSORT:1983 France-United Kingdom Maritime Boundary Convention France - United Kingdom Maritime Boundary Convention France - United Kingdom Maritime Boundary Convention France - United Kingdom Maritime Boundary Convention France - United Kingdom Maritime Boundary Convention Treaties concluded in 1983 French Polynesia–Pitcairn Islands border Boundary treaties History of the Pitcairn Islands France–United Kingdom treaties Treaties entered into force in 1984 United Nations treaties Treaties extended to French Polynesia Treaties extended to the Pitcairn Islands

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