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国际海底是指国家管辖范围以外的海床洋底,在《联合国海洋法公约》(以下简称《公约》)中称为“区域”。《公约》第一条对“区域”下了明确的定义: “‘区域’是指国家管辖范围以外的海床洋底及其底土”。海洋占地球总面积的71％,其中国际海底约占整个海洋面积的65％,其水深一般在3000米以上。深海大洋底最初引起人们的注意是在一百多年前,当时英国的海洋考察船“挑战者”号于1872—1876年进行环球考察时,在水深5000—20000英尺的洋底采集到像土豆或垒球大小的黑色矿球,即现在通称为锰结核或多金属结核的矿石,在人类历史
The international seabed means the seabed and the ocean floor beyond the limits of national jurisdiction and is referred to as the “zone” in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”). Article 1 of the Convention provides a clear definition of “the Area”: “” Area “means the seabed, the ocean floor and its subsoil beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.” Oceans account for 71% of the total area of the Earth, of which the international seabed accounts for about 65% of the entire ocean area, and its depth is generally above 3,000 meters. The deep ocean floor first attracted the attention of more than 100 years ago, when a British oceanographic vessel “Challenger” made a global study in 1872-1876 and collected images of potatoes at a depth of 5000-20000 feet Or softball-sized black mineral spheres, now commonly known as manganese nodules or polymetallic nodules in human history