Burdwood Bank

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Burdwood Bank, also called Namuncurá Bank in Argentina, is an underwater plateau located in its western part to 150 km east of the island states in the South Atlantic Ocean. It extends 370 km east-west and north-south width varies between 50 and 100 km. Its depth varies between 50 and 200 m is assumed that it formed an island in the first glacial period.


The bank is part of the Exclusive Economic Zone of Argentina but his third small areas of eastern and northern part have been included unilaterally by the United Kingdom, from August 22 1994 in the Falkland Islands Outer Conservation Zone (Zone External Conservation in the Falkland Islands) to extend its jurisdiction in this country this zone to 200 nautical miles from coastal baselines of the Falklands. Fact that has not been accepted by Argentina.


The bank is gaining strategic importance due to the presence in the basins of untapped oil and gas.