Guest "This would be cool if the new territory was actually open for business," by David Middleton Continental shelf maps could add Egypt-size area to U.S. territory Two-decade mapping effort yields bounty of seafloor data 9 JAN 2024 4:30 PM ET BY DAVID MALAKOFF The United States has unveiled the results of a monumental undersea Multiple government agencies spent tens of millions of dollars, acquiring 3 million mi2 of seismic and multibeam sonar data in order to claim an extra 1 million km2 of territory, in order to place it off limits to economic exploitation. I couldn't make this sort of schist up if I was trying.