414. While both Parties make claims to the continental shelf beyond
200 nm, each disputes the other’s claim. Thus, according to them, there are
no overlapping claims over the continental shelf beyond 200 nm. Each Party
argues that it alone is entitled to the entire area of the continental shelf
beyond 200 nm.
415. Bangladesh submits that pursuant to article 76 of the Convention, it
has an entitlement to the continental shelf beyond 200 nm. It further submits
that Myanmar enjoys no such entitlement because its land territory has no
natural prolongation into the Bay of Bengal beyond 200 nm. Therefore,
according to Bangladesh, there is no overlapping continental shelf beyond
200 nm between the Parties, and it alone is entitled to the continental shelf
claimed by both of them. Bangladesh thus submits that any boundary in this
area must lie no further seaward from Myanmar’s coast than the 200 nm
“juridical shelf” provided for in article 76.