Exclusive economic zone of Poland

The Polish exclusive economic zone (Polish EEZ) has an area of 30,533 km² (11,789 sq mi) within the Baltic Sea.

It includes the following bathymetric basins: Bornholm Basin (part; max. depth 95 m or 312 ft within Polish EEZ), Slupsk Furrow (entire; max. depth 93 m or 305 ft), Gotland Basin (part; max. depth 120 m or 390 ft within Polish EEZ ), and Gdansk Basin (part; max. depth 107 m or 351 ft within Polish EEZ). There are a number of shoals between the basins and the Polish coast, including Odra Bank (min. depth 4.5 m or 15 ft), Slupsk Bank (min. depth 8 m or 26 ft), Stilo Bank (min. depth 18 m or 59 ft) and Southern Middle Bank (min. depth 14 m or 46 ft).

Of the mineral resources within the Polish EEZ, the best recognized are gravel and sand deposits.

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