### Question
What does continental shelf mean?


### Answer
**Continental shelf** has the following meaning in *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 688*:

> stated in article I of the 1958 Convention on the Continental Shelf.

#### Citation:
  - *APPENDIX U.S.C. § 688*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 18-MERCHANT SEAMEN > SUBCHAPTER VII-PROTECTION AND RELIEF**

