Registration Area Q has as its southern boundary a line from 54° 36' N. lat., 168° W. long., to 54° 36' N. lat., 171° W. long., to 55° 30' N. lat., 171° W. long., to 55° 30' N. lat., 173° 30' E. long., as its northern boundary the latitude of Point Hope (68° 21' N. lat.), as its eastern boundary a line from 54° 36' N. lat., 168° W. long., to 58° 39' N. lat., 168° W. long., to Cape Newenham (58° 39' N. lat.), and as its western boundary the Maritime Boundary Agreement Line as that line is described in the text of and depicted in the annex to the Maritime Boundary Agreement between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics signed in Washington, June 1, 1990, and as that Maritime Boundary Agreement Line is depicted on NOAA Chart #513 (7th Edition, June 2004) and NOAA Chart #514 (7th Edition, January 2004), adopted by reference.

(In effect before 1984; am 6/30/84, Register 90; am 7/30/89, Register 111; am 11/6/96, Register 140; am 8/8/2003, Register 167; am 6/27/2014, Register 210)