I guess if it's more than 12 miles beyond a country's coastline it
would be
fair game. I can just see a reality TV show now, "SURVIVOR: The New
World"
winner keeps all.
Britain did something similar to this in the Fifties for a little
piece of
rock called Rockall way up in the North Sea. They landed a Marine on
the
island who stayed there for a few days I think. I saw a picture it
was
*tiny*, maybe 50 feet in diameter.
I found a link!
http://www.bungalow.com/rockall/
Check out the pic on the bottom right!
Location
230 miles west of Manish Point, North Uist, Scotland.
Rockall is the most isolated part of the British Isles.
Size
70 feet high.
80 feet by 100 feet wide.
Rockall has one very small ridge known as Hall's Ledge.
Nearby is Hasselwood Rock which is just visible above sea level in
calm
conditions.
Geology
The rocks of Rockall are from the Tertiary era and are approximately
40
million years old. Rockall is composed of a soda-rich variety of
granite.
One dark variety of this rock has been named Rockallite.
Ownership
The ownership of Rockall has been disputed for centuries with the
Irish
Republic, Denmark and Iceland making claims for it. It was officially
annexed by Britain in September 1955 when a landing was made by
helicopter
from the navy vessel HMS Vidal. It became part of the United Kingdom
in
February 1972 when the Isle of Rockall Act was passed in the UK
parliament.
In the 1980s, John Ridgeway, the Atlantic rower actually lived on the
islet
for nearly a month to confirm British ownership. It goes without
saying that
there are no permanent human inhabitants! Also, Don McLean briefly
"lived"
on Hall's Ledge and operated an amateur radio station.
In the summer of 1997 it was briefly occupied by Greenpeace activists
who
declared it the state of Waveland. They replaced the navigational
beacon
placed there by the UK government with a solar powered replacement.
-----Original Message-----
From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 9:33 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: MS-XP OS Drops Java
I've always found international law to be interesting. I wonder what
the
rule on this is.
Imagine a volance/earthquake/whatever causes a large island to just
magically appear in international waters. If a company, like MS,
lands on it
first, do they get to keep the island? If not, why not?
Ray
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Arnold - ASP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 9:16 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: MS-XP OS Drops Java
>
>
> > MS can do what it wants pretty much. I'm waiting for the day when
MS
> > buys an island and declares itself a country in it's own right.
>
> What? Only an island? I'm expect MSWorld, or MSDimension...
>
> Philip Arnold
> Director
> Certified ColdFusion Developer
> ASP Multimedia Limited
> T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133
>
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