Subject: maritime tps actual & probable & improbable per prescott 1985 etc
Date: Jul 28, 2000 @ 18:49
Author: michael donner (michael donner <m@...>)
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following is a first & still very rough list of the maritime tps
another case in point of standing on the shoulders of giants

unless indicated as actualities
these points existed mostly only in potential as of 1985
or arose in a few cases out of subsequent historical developments
but many of them have since become actualized as legal tps

much more research is still needed to sort things out
& many future tp agreements & confirmations may also be expected

in fact it may well prove impossible to get & stay on top of everything

but this list is a try at a version of probable truth


please note
a 0 preceding any point number such as 016 below indicates its improbability
rather than its probability per se
& such points are being mentioned at this point only out of a regard for
comprehensiveness





the indian ocean

1
frmgmz
france madagascar mozambique
north of juan de nova
in dispute

2 & 3
frmgsce & frmgscw
france madagascar seychelles
east twin north of tromelin
in dispute & maybe impossible anyway
west twin east of glorieuses
in dispute & possibly just frmgsc

4
frkmsc
comoros france seychelles
northeast of mayotte
in dispute

5
frkmmg
comoros france madagascar
southwest of mayotte
in dispute

6
kmmgmz
comoros madagascar mozambique
in mozambique channel

7
kmmztz
comoros mozambique tanzania

8
kmsctz
comoros seychelles tanzania

9
djsoye
djibouti somalia yemen

10
djerye
djibouti eritrea yemen
2nd was ethiopia then

11
ersaye
eritrea saudiarabia yemen

12
ersasd
eritrea saudi sudan

13
egsasd
egypt saudi sudan

14
egiljo
egypt israel jordan

15
iriqkw
iran iraq kuwait

016
irkwkwsa
iran kuwait kwsa or kuwaitsaudi neutral zone

017
irkwsasa
iran kwsa saudi

18
bhirsa
bahrain iran saudi
actually agreed

19
bhqasa
bahrain qatar saudi
was in dispute

20
bhirqa
bahrain iran qatar

21
aeirqa
iran qatar uaemirates
partly agreed

22 & 23 & 24
aeirome & aeiromm & aeiromw
iran oman uaemirates triplet tps
probably unique set of triplet trinational points
aeirome & aeiromm are both in gulf of oman
aeiromw is in persian gulf
progression is nearly as much south to north as it is east to west

25
irompk
iran oman pakistan
didnt i just see some news about this one

26
inlkmv
india maldives srilanka
partly agreed

27
bdinmms
bangladesh india myanmar formerly burma
southerly maritime twin tp of northerly continental one

28
inmmth
india myanmar thailand
east of andamans
partly agreed

29
idinth
india indonesia thailand
actually agreed

30
idmyth
indonesia malaysia thailand
actually agreed


inserted not from prescott
31 & 32
auidtpe & auidtpw
twin tps australia east timor indonesia
de facto & immanent





the pacific ocean

33
auidpg
australia indonesia papua newguinea
actually agreed

34
aupgsb
australia papuang solomons
partly agreed

35
aufrsb aka auncsb
australia france solomons
new caledonia immanent
partly agreed

36
fjfrvu aka fjncvu
fiji france vanuatu
new caledonia immanent
partly agreed

37
frsbvu aka ncsbvu
france solomons vanuatu
new caledonia immanent

38
fjfrtv aka fjtvwf
fiji france tuvalu
wallis & futuna immanent
partly agreed

39
fjfrto aka fjtowf
fiji france tonga
wallis & futuna immanent
partly agreed

40
frtows aka towfws
france samoa tonga
wallis & futuna immanent
partly agreed

41
tousws aka astows
samoa tonga unitedstates americansamoa
autonomous immanent
finally an american tp however cheapo

042
ascknu actually nznzus
cooks niue us amer samoa
cooks & niue are both new zealand territories
probably disqualifying this point as a tp

043
ascktk actually just another nznzus
cooks tokelau us amer samoa
cooks & tokelau are both new zealand territories
probably disqualifying this point as a tp also

44
tkusws aka astkws
samoa tokelau us amer samoa
autonomous immanent
partly agreed
a second american cheapo

45
frtkws aka tkwfws
france samoa tokelau
wallis & futuna immanent

46
kimhnr
kiribati marshalls nauru

47
idphpw
indonesia palau philippines

48
idmyph
indonesia malaysia philippines
in dispute

49 & 50
idmysge & idmysgw
twin tps indonesia malaysia singapore
southeast & southwest of singapore respectively

51
mythvn
malaysia thailand vietnam

52
khthvn
cambodia thailand vietnam


now entering spratlies chaos
& not necessarily following prescott
so anything is possible here in any quantity
like for instance at least 1 tp for each of the following 20 combinations
however seemingly improbable
but of course all in dispute

053
bncnmy
brunei china malaysia

054
bncnph
brunei china philippines

055
bncntw
brunei china taiwan

056
bncnvn
brunei china vietnam

057
bnmyph
brunei malaysia philippines

058
bnmytw
brunei malaysia taiwan

059
bnmyvn
brunei malaysia vietnam

060
bnphtw
brunei philippines taiwan

061
bnphvn
brunei philippines vietnam

062
bntwvn
brunei taiwan vietnam

063
cnmyph
china malaysia philippines

064
cnmytw
china malaysia taiwan

065
cnmyvn
china malaysia vietnam

066
cnphtw
china philippines taiwan

067
cnphvn
china philippines vietnam

068
cntwvn
china taiwan vietnam

069
myphtw
malaysia philippines taiwan

070
myphvn
malaysia philippines vietnam

071
mytwvn
malaysia taiwan vietnam

072
phtwvn
philippines taiwan vietnam

end of spratlies
all possible but unpredictable
& hopefully not entirely ridiculous as an intermezzo



73
jpphtw
japan philippines taiwan
probable tho not mentioned by prescott

74
cnjptw
china japan taiwan

075
cnjpjpkr
china japan jpkr
jpkr is japan south korea joint zone

76
cnkpkr
china nkorea skorea
respectively

77
jpkpkr
japan nkorea skorea
in dispute
may not exist

78
kpkrru
nkorea russia skorea
in dispute
may not exist

79
jpkrru
japan russia skorea
in dispute
may not exist
however 2 of these last 3 should exist in any case

80
hnnisv
elsalvador honduras nicaragua

81
crnisv
costarica elsalvador nicaragua
map is unclear

82
cocrpa
colombia costarica panama




the atlantic ocean
incl the arctic ocean

83
gyttve
guyana trinidad&tobago venezuela

84
bbgytt
barbados guyana trinidad&tobago

85
bbttvc
barbados stvincent&grenadines trinidad&t

86
gdttvc
grenada stvincent&g trinidad&t

87
gdttve
grenada trinidad&t venezuela

88
gdvcve
grenada stvincent&g venezuela

89
lcvcve
stlucia stvincent&g venezuela

90
bblcvc
barbados stlucia stvincent&g

91
bbfrlc
barbados france stlucia

92
frlcve
france stlucia venezuela
partly agreed

93 & 94
dmfrven & dmfrves
twin tps dominica france venezuela
dmfrven aka dmgpve sw of guadeloupe partly agreed
dmfrves aka dmmqve sw of martinique possibly partly agreed

95
frgbve aka gpmsve
france unitedkingdom venezuela
guadeloupe & montserrat

96
agfrgb aka aggpms
antigua&barbuda france unitedkingdom
guadeloupe & montserrat

97
aggbkn aka agknms
antigua&b stkitts&nevis unitedkingdom
montserrat

98
gbknve
stkitts&nevis unitedkingdom venezuela
montserrat

99
knnlve or anknve
netherlands stkitts&n venezuela
netherlands antilles
partly agreed

100
frknnl
france netherlands stkitts&n
st barthelemy & st martin

101
agfrkn
antigua&b france stkitts&n
st barthelemy

102
agfrgb
antigua&b france unitedkingdom
anguilla & st barts or st martin

103
frgbnl
france netherlands unitedkingdom
st martin & anguilla

104
gbnlus or perhaps even aianvgvi tho not likely
netherlands unitedkingdom unitedstates
neth antilles & anguilla & brvirgins & usvirgins
finally a 3rd american tp

105
nlusve or anvevi
netherlands usvirgins venezuela
neth antilles
4th american
partly agreed

106
nlusve or anprve or awprve
netherlands uspuertorico venezuela
unclear whether neth antilles or aruba
5th american
partly agreed

107
donlus or andopr or awdopr
dominicanrep netherlands uspuertorico
unclear whether neth ant or aruba
6th american

108
donlve or andove or awdove
dominicanrep netherlands venezuela
unclear whether neth ant or aruba

109
codove
colombia dominicanrep venezuela
partly agreed

110
codoht
colombia dominicanrep haiti
partly agreed

111
dohttc
dominicanrep haiti turks&caicos

112
bshttc
bahamas haiti turks&c

113
bscuht
bahamas cuba haiti
partly agreed

114
cuhtus or cuhtum
cuba haiti usnavassa
7th american
partly agreed

115
cujmus or cujmum
cuba jamaica usnavassa
8th american

116
htjmus or htjmum
haiti jamaica usnavassa
9th american

117
cohtjm
colombia haiti jamaica
partly agreed


owing to a large area of dispute between colombia & nicaragua
the following 10 points are in dispute & possibly nonexistent
but 5 or 6 of them must exist somewhere
we just dont know which ones yet

118
cojmni
colombia jamaica nicaragua

119
conipa
columbia nicaragua panama

120
cocrpa
colombia costarica panama

121
crnipa
costarica nicaragua panama

122
cocrni
colombia costarica nicaragua

123
cohnni
colombia honduras nicaragua

124
cohnky
caymans colombia honduras

125
hnkyni
caymans honduras nicaragua

126
cojmky
caymans colombia jamaica

127
jmkyni
caymans jamaica nicaragua

end of colombia nicaragua dispute area


128
cujmky
caymans cuba jamaica

129
cuhnky
caymans cuba honduras

130
cuhnmx
cuba honduras mexico

131
bzhnmx
belize honduras mexico

132
bzgthn
belize guatemala honduras

133
cumxus
cuba mexico unitedstates
easterly donut hole
not from prescott
tp possibly nonexistant
recently in the news

134
bscuus
bahamas cuba unitedstates
partly agreed
10th american


following are 4 tps of median lines in arctic high seas
depicted but not explained by prescott
so they are questionable as real or potential tps

0135
caruus
canada russia unitedstates

0136
cadkru or caglru
canada denmark russia
greenland

0137
dknoru or glrusj
denmark norway russia
greenland & svalbardjanmayen

a curious pair of nonidentical twins follow
0138
dkisnoe or foissj
denmark iceland norway
faeroes
questionable

& returning to the atlantic proper now for the 2nd twin
139
dkisnow or glissj
denmark iceland norway
greenland & svalbardjanmayen
partly agreed & unquestionable

140
dkgbno or fogbno
denmark norway unitedkingdom
faeroes

141
dkgbis or fogbis
denmark iceland unitedkingdom
faeroes
probable but not definite

142
frgbie
france ireland unitedkingdom
partly agreed

143
befrgb
belgium france unitedkingdom

144
begbnl
belgium netherlands unitedkingdom

145
degbnl
germany netherlands unitedkingdom
nlat 55 45 54 x elong 03 22 13 dms

146
dedkgb
denmark germany unitedkingdom
nlat 55 55 09 4 dmst x elong 03 21 00 dms

147
dkgbno
denmark norway unitedkingdom
nlat 56 05 12 x elong 03 15 00 dms

148
dknose
denmark norway sweden
agreed

149 & 150
dedksee & dedksew
twin tps denmark germany sweden

151
denmark germany poland
dedkpl
partly agreed

152
dkplse
denmark poland sweden

the following 6 are subsequent developments

153
plruse
poland russia sweden

154
ltruse
lithuania russia sweden

155
ltlvse
latvia lithuania sweden

156
eelvse
estonia latvia sweden

157
eefise
estonia finland sweden

158
eefiru
estonia finland russia

159 & 160
esmaptn & esmapts
twin tps morocco portugal spain
esmaptn west of gibraltar
esmapts west of agadir
madeira & canaries

161
ehesma
morocco spain westernsahara
canaries
questionable as tp

162
cvehmr
capeverde mauritania westernsahara

163
cvmrsn
capeverde mauritania senegal

164 & 165
cvgmsnn & cvgmsns
twin tps capeverde gambia senegal
both partly agreed

0166
bjghtg
benin ghana togo
close but probably impossible

167
bjngst
benin nigeria saotome&principe
close call not necessarily real

168
gqngst
equatorialguinea nigeria saotome&p

169
cmgqng
cameroon equatguinea nigeria

170
gagqst
equatguinea gabon saotome&p

171
aocdcgw
maritime twin tp angola congobrazza congokinshasa of continental counterpart
close call not necessarily real


& into the mediterranean

172
esgbma or esgima
morocco spain unitedkingdom
gibraltar
close call not necessarily real
but if real then possibly twin

173
dzesma
algeria morocco spain
islas chaferinas

174
dzesit
algeria italy spain
sardinia
partly agreed

175
esfrit
france italy spain
partly agreed

176
dzittn
algeria italy tunisia
corsica minorca sardinia
partly agreed

177
itmttn
italy malta tunisia

178
lymttn
libya malta tunisia
probable but not certain

179
itlymt
italy libya malta

180
gritly
greece italy libya

181
algrit
albania greece italy

182
alityu
albania italy yugoslavia

183
hrityu
croatia italy yugoslavia

184
hritsi
croatia italy slovenia

185
eggrly
egypt greece libya

186
cyeggr
cyprus egypt greece

187
cyegil
cyprus egypt israel

188
cyilps or egilps not sure which
cyprus or egypt israel palestine
one or the other is probably imminent

189
cyillb
cyprus israel lebanon

190
cylbsy
cyprus lebanon syria

191
cysytr
cyprus syria turkey

192
cygrtr
cyprus greece turkey

0193 & 0194
cygblbn & cygblbs
twin tps cypus lebanon unitedkingdom
possible but unlikely

0195
cygbil
cyprus israel unitedkingdom
possible but unlikely

0196
cyeggb
cyprus egypt unitedkingdom
possible but unlikely

the following are not from prescott but likely

197
bgrotr
bulgaria romania turkey

& finally some more new ones

198
rotrua
romania turkey ukraine

199
rutrua
russia turkey ukraine

200
gerutr
georgia russia turkey



subtracting a total of about 40 improbables
leaves a probable total of about 160
or very roughly the same number as the continental tps

i tremble to think a first try at a complete global roster may not be far off


obviously any new data or other input will be greatly appreciated

m