On 10/09/18 19:25, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
2018-09-10 10:41 GMT+02:00 Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl
<mailto:colin.sm...@xs4all.nl>>:
The baseline is defined by the state, in accordance with the
UNCLOS rules, and published to the world by deposition with the
UN. The basis for the baseline is: "the normal baseline for
measuring the breadth of the territorial sea is the low-water line
along the coast as marked on large-scale charts officially
recognized by the coastal State."
http://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part2.htm
<http://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part2.htm>
is there also a definition for an "unnormal" or exceptional baseline?
E.g. here: http://www.nonnodondolo.it/userfiles/image/37(1).gif
<http://www.nonnodondolo.it/userfiles/image/37%281%29.gif>
you can see that e.g. the whole gulf of taranto is included by the
baseline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Taranto
From what I have seen, although there is the UN definition about the
low water line, actual baselines tend to be much more "generous". The
baselie is what the country self declares and other countries
accept/recognize.
Also the 12nmi extension (territorial waters) is not always the same,
some countries pretend(ed) 200 nautical miles.
Fiji (an island nation) baseline encloses;
Land = 18,272 sq. kilometers
Internal waters = 25,558 sq. kilometers
Archipelagic waters = 130,470 sq. kilometers
I'd think that most people would agree that their baseline is a long way
from what they would consider a coast line.
https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/58567.pdf
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