HL Deb 17 January 1979 vol 397 c1151WA
The Earl of LAUDERDALE

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will describe exactly, in terms of degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude, the approximately 200,000 square miles area of the Falklands Islands Continental Shelf "shot" in seismic surveys by Texas Instruments and Western Geophysical as authorised by the Government.

Lord GORONWY-ROBERTS

The approximately 200,000 square miles area of the Falkland Islands Continental Shelf "shot" in seismic surveys by Texas Instruments and Western Geophysical lies within the following limits:

46°30'S to 55°20'S

53°30'W to 64°30'W