Subject: 2 more united states trifederal points posited in caribbean<br/>
Date: May 16, 2001 @ 16:20<br/>
Author: michael donner (michael donner &lt;m@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1227774257">the world of american try pointing was rocked this morning by the probable<br/>
discovery of the nations first trimaritime twins<br/>
  prusvin & prusvis<br/>
the 84th & 85th domestic american tripoints to be conceived so far<br/>
  & the first ever hypothesized outside the metropole<br/>
    & likely the last that may ever be found anywhere<br/>
<br/>
punctologists caught off guard by the unexpected development are still<br/>
scrambling for the precise geocoordinates of the new points<br/>
but the following data are believed to be correct<br/>
<br/>
the easternmost islets of the commonwealth of puerto rico<br/>
  the islas culebritas<br/>
& the westernmost ones of the united states virgin islands<br/>
  the savana island group<br/>
are separated by less than 8 nautical miles of united states maritime territory<br/>
in what is called the virgin passage<br/>
<br/>
normally the states & territories of the usa have maritime territories of 3<br/>
nautical miles<br/>
  so the 8nm gap would have made this a nonissue<br/>
<br/>
but because puerto rico has 9 nautical miles of territorial waters<br/>
  like texas & the gulf coast of florida<br/>
    inexplicably  if not owing to their common spanish heritage<br/>
it seems inescapable that the new set of trifederal twins will straddle the<br/>
north & south entrances of the passage<br/>
somewhat closer to the dry virgins than to dry puerto rico<br/>
tho it is not yet clear at what exact distance from the opposite coasts<br/>
<br/>
like  do the virgins get their full 3nm at the expense of some of the rican 9nm<br/>
or is the 8nm passage allocated proportionally  say  6nm to pr & 2nm to vi<br/>
  or what<br/>
<br/>
the usgs 100k scale map series which normally shows the maritime<br/>
territorial limits with red lines is incomplete in this area<br/>
<br/>
in fact such a question has probably never been asked before<br/>
<br/>
but how to answer it<br/>
<br/>
m</div>