Peter, I think you are exactly correct, which is why such "territorial sea
enclaves" are so rare, perhaps totally non-existent. The 12-mile french
territorial sea zone around St. Pierre et Micquelon is not enclosed by
Canada's territorial waters.
David

On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Peter Smaardijk wrote:

> But this is strange. The width of the band of territorial waters is the same from the islands as
> from the shore, I would think. The terr. waters of such an island can only be completely surrounded
> by the terr. waters of the mainland if the island is in a bay of which the bay heads are so close
> that the terr. waters close off the bay. But I would think in that case the base line would pass in
> between the bay heads, the water would become internal water, and the island an enclave.
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> In short: the terr. waters of the island (let's take the Namibian example) reaches further west than
> the terr. waters of Namibia.
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> > coast, often little more than stacks. The Terr. Sea they had was often
> > within that of Namibia fomr the sketch maps I have seen.
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