diff --git a/Inst_eddies/Tests/test_get_1_outerm.f90 b/Inst_eddies/Tests/test_get_1_outerm.f90
index 6013c1509a516a47ee130e353345b69a92aba184..8dec23cb51a0ea50120732e223f6492154935801 100644
--- a/Inst_eddies/Tests/test_get_1_outerm.f90
+++ b/Inst_eddies/Tests/test_get_1_outerm.f90
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 program test_get_1_outerm
 
   ! Libraries:
-  use jumble, only: csvread, deg_to_rad
+  use jumble, only: csvread, deg_to_rad, rad_to_deg
+  use shapelib, only: shpfileobject, ftdouble, shpt_polygon, shpclose
+  use shapelib_03, only: shp_create_03, dbf_add_field_03, &
+       shp_append_object_03, dbf_write_attribute_03
 
   use config_m, only: config
   use derived_types, only: eddy, shpc_slice_handler, null_ssh_contour, &
@@ -14,7 +17,7 @@ program test_get_1_outerm
 
   implicit none
 
-  integer:: date = 0
+  integer:: date = 0, i, ifield, ishape
 
   real, allocatable:: ssh(:, :)
   ! (1 - max_radius(1):nlon + max_radius(1), nlat) if the grid is periodic
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ program test_get_1_outerm
   ! contours are in monotonic order of ssh.
 
   integer n_cont ! number of good contours found and stored in cont_list
+  TYPE(shpfileobject) hshp_cont_list
 
   namelist /main_nml/ ind_targ_extr, innermost_level, cyclone, date, &
        grid_lon_lat
@@ -89,6 +93,22 @@ program test_get_1_outerm
      write(hshp%unit, fmt = *) 0
      CALL shpc_close(hshp)
      print *, 'test_get_1_outerm: Created "SHPC".'
+
+     ! cont_list shapefile:
+
+     call shp_create_03("cont_list", shpt_polygon, hshp_cont_list)
+     call dbf_add_field_03(ifield, hshp_cont_list, 'ssh', ftdouble, &
+          nwidth = 13, ndecimals = 6)
+
+     do i = 1, n_cont
+        call shp_append_object_03(ishape, hshp_cont_list, shpt_polygon, &
+             cont_list(i)%points * rad_to_deg)
+        call dbf_write_attribute_03(hshp_cont_list, ishape, ifield, &
+             cont_list(i)%ssh)
+     end do
+
+     CALL shpclose(hshp_cont_list)
+     print *, 'test_get_1_outerm: Created shapefile "cont_list".'
   else
      print *, "test_get_1_outerm: Could not find an outermost contour."
   end if