continental shelf

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The ship traveled from the Azores to the European continental shelf, where she collected water samples at 12 different locations.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

This has led to more frequent clashes with Greece and Cyprus over exclusive economic zones and continental shelf boundaries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

"He says that he will call it the Gulf of America on its continental shelf," Sheinbaum previously said when Trump signed the executive order.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

Their fossils have been found in several areas of Texas, but this fossil shows for the first time that the big cat roamed the now-submerged continental shelf that connects Texas and Florida.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2024

At such times the ridge came down, and the continental shelf, so to speak, stretched out, and the algae along the shore became so slack that I tended to catch my feet in it.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel