(3) Areas to be included in the Tropical Zone
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(3) Areas to be included in the Tropical Zone

 The following areas are to be treated as included in the Tropical Zone—

  (a) The Suez Canal, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, from Port Said to the meridian of longitude 45°E.

  • Aden and Berbera are to be considered as being on the boundary line of the Tropical Zone and the Seasonal Tropical Area.

  (b) The Persian Gulf to the meridian of longitude 59°E.

  (c) The area bounded by the parallel of latitude 22°S from the east coast of Australia to the Great Barrier Reef, thence the Great Barrier Reef to latitude 11°S. The northern boundary of the area is the southern boundary of the Tropical Zone.

Parent topic: Regulation 48 - Tropical Zone
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