416. In respect of its own entitlement to the continental shelf beyond
200 nm, Bangladesh asserts that “the outer continental shelf claimed by
Bangladesh is the natural prolongation of Bangladesh’s land territory by virtue
of the uninterrupted seabed geology and geomorphology, including
specifically the extensive sedimentary rock deposited by the Ganges-Brahmaputra river system”. To prove this, Bangladesh provided the Tribunal
with scientific evidence to show that there is a geological and
geomorphological continuity between the Bangladesh land mass and the
seabed and subsoil of the Bay of Bengal. In addition, Bangladesh submits that
the extent of its entitlement to the continental shelf beyond 200 nm,
established by the so-called Gardiner formula based on sediment thickness,
extends well beyond 200 nm