### Question
Can you define what outer Continental Shelf means?


### Answer
**Outer Continental Shelf** is defined as the following in *43 U.S.C. § 1331*:

> all submerged lands lying seaward and outside of the area of lands beneath navigable waters as defined in section 1301 of this title, and of which the subsoil and seabed appertain to the United States and are subject to its jurisdiction and control

#### Citation:
  - *43 U.S.C. § 1331*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 28-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS > SUBCHAPTER III-OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS**

