Portuguese EEZ - Geographic Area

The Portuguese continental waters (excluding Madeira and the Azores) stretch from 36.5°N to 41.5°N. The country's EEZ has an area of 327,667 km², of which 23,728 km2 is the continental shelf area (data from searoundus.org project). The continental shelf is narrow, except for a section between the river Minho and the Nazaré Canyon. The shelf-break occurs at around 200 m and the slope is mainly steep and rough bottomed, with canyons and cliffs.
These are the waters bounded by a line beginning at a point on the northwest coast of Spain at 43°00' north latitude; due west to 11°00' west longitude; due south to 36°00' north latitude; due east to a point on the south coast of Spain (Punta Marroqui isthmus) at 5°36' west longitude; in a northwesterly direction along the southwest coast of Spain, the coast of Portugal, and the northwest coast of Spain back to the starting point.

FAO Fishing Areas:  [ 27.IXa ]