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

Newly charted extensions to the U.S. continental shelf hold resources and scientific riches.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 8, 2024

The blocks' keels mean they have a tendency to get pinned on the British Overseas Territory's shallow continental shelf.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2023

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