Subject: namibian islands
Date: Mar 19, 2001 @ 23:00
Author: Brendan Whyte ("Brendan Whyte" <brwhyte@...>)
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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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>Peter S.
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>Brendan Whyte wrote:
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> > > > Afetr Namibia's independence, S.Africa claimed many of the islands
along its
> > coast, often little more than stacks. The Terr. Sea they had was often >
>within that of Namibia fomr the sketch maps I have seen. > > B
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