Subject: More holes in the world EEZ
Date: May 17, 2001 @ 11:02
Author: Grant Hutchison ("Grant Hutchison" <grant.l.hutchison@...>)
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See this site for three holes in New Zealand's complicated EEZ,
including one tiny one created by the juxtaposition of the Kermadecs
EEZ and the indentation in North Island EEZ due to the Bay of Plenty.
http://www.fishinfo.co.nz/clement/atlas/nz200.html

And see here for a nice map of the South China Sea, showing what is
probably the tenth Pacific hole that Michael counted and I couldn't
find. (Potentially an eleventh, too, since the extended Brunei claim
divides it.)
http://faculty.law.ubc.ca/scs/scs-claims-map.htm
However, if we entertain Brunei then we have to entertain all the other
overlapping claims in the area, which (I *think*) obliterate the EEZ
hole. 200nm EEZs constructed from the Spratlys, Paracels and
Scarborough Reef fill the hole completely, for instance, although their
UN status would be dubious given the rather poor "habitability" of
these locations.

Grant