The Orkney Islands (Landing of Crabs and Lobsters) Order 2016

Article 6(1)

SCHEDULE 2 DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIFIED WATERS

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

“co-ordinate” means a co-ordinate defined on the World Geodetic 1984 Datum(1); and

“Scottish inshore waters” means the area adjacent to the coast of Scotland and within the Scottish zone, and to the landward of a limit of six miles from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured, up to the mean high-water mark of ordinary spring tides.

Description of the specified waters

2.—(1) That part of Scottish inshore waters which is bounded by the lines (the topographical descriptions of which are provided in the fourth column of the following table) which join in sequential order the co-ordinates listed and identified in the first, second and third columns.

Co-ordinate	North Latitude	West Longitude	Topographical description of boundary line
1	58°38.70′	002°42.65′	Loxodrome
2	58°38.59′	002°57.18′	Loxodrome
3	58°39.86′	002°58.46′	Loxodrome
4	58°42.06′	003°01.84′	Loxodrome
5	58°44.16′	003°09.38′	Loxodrome
6	58°43.78′	003°11.19′	Loxodrome
7	58°42.89′	003°13.49′	Loxodrome
8	58°42.86′	003°14.51′	Loxodrome
9	58°43.84′	003°19.91′	Loxodrome
10	58°45.48′	003°30.04′	Seaward limit of Scottish inshore waters
11	58°38.70′	002°42.65′

(2) Those parts of Scottish inshore waters which are adjacent to the following Scottish islands (the centroid co-ordinates of which are listed in the second and third columns of the following table) and are bounded to the north, east, south and west by the seaward limit of Scottish inshore waters.

Island	North Latitude	West Longitude
Sule Stack	59°01.44′	004°30.38′
Sule Skerry	59°05.12′	004°24.43′

(1)

Definitions of the World Geodetic System 1984 datum and co-ordinate reference system are available via EPSG GeodeticParameter Registry at EPSG:6326 (http://epsg.io/6326-datum) and EPSG:4326 (http://epsg.io/4326).