#MarineNotice - The latest Marine Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advise that the Government has made an order under the Sea and Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 prescribing straight baselines from Malin Head to Carnsore Point.

The new order has been made following the resurvey of the 50 basepoints used in the 1959 system of straight baselines, employing modern geodetic surveying techniques.

The position of each basepoint is now recorded in co-ordinates of latitude and longitude accurate to five decimal places on the World Geodetic System 84 (WGS 84) datum.

This new order replaces the Maritime Jurisdiction (Straight Baselines) Order 1959 and comes into operation on 1 February 2016, though there is no change to the straight baselines system itself.

Full details of relevant co-ordinates are included in Marine Notice No 3 of 2016, a PDF of which is available to read or download HERE.