Subject: Re: Torres Strait Islands Exclaves?<br/>
Date: Jun 11, 2003 @ 00:30<br/>
Author: acroorca2002 (&quot;acroorca2002&quot; &lt;orc@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-75325170">last time this came up at bp<br/>
i believe we concluded there must be several ozzie claves here <br/>
inclusive of several islands & groups plus their aggregated territorial <br/>
waters of up to 3nm<br/>
but i dont recall the exact number of these actual holes <br/>
if indeed we ever determined it<br/>
<br/>
this number tho & the actual topology of the sovereign territories <br/>
would be interesting to pin down<br/>
more interesting in my opinion than the stacking of sovereign rights<br/>
several sorts of which are fairly common<br/>
<br/>
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, &quot;Jan S. Krogh&quot; &lt;jan.krogh@t...&gt; <br/>
wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt; Salute,<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; A reader of Geo Site has left the following message in the guestbook:<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &quot;I have discovered an interesting boundary in the Torres Strait between<br/>
&gt; Australia and Papua New Guinea.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; There are a few islands that are owned by Australia, and the sea around them<br/>
&gt; is also administered by Australia for fishing purposes.  However, the sea<br/>
&gt; bed is administered by Papua New Guinea!<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; I don&#39;t know if this constitutes an Australian enclave within PNG but it is<br/>
&gt; certainly an unusual anomaly.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; See http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/torres_strait/ and<br/>
&gt; http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/torres_strait/map.html &quot;<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; ---------<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; The first link which site  belongs to the Australian Department of Foreign<br/>
&gt; Affairs and Trade says (abstract):<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; There are two main boundaries:<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; i) Seabed Jurisdiction Line (shown by an unbroken line on the map)<br/>
&gt; Australia has rights to all things on or below the seabed south of this line<br/>
&gt; and Papua New Guinea has the same rights north of the line.<br/>
&gt; ii) Fisheries Jurisdiction Line (shown by a broken line on the map)<br/>
&gt; Australia has rights over swimming fish south of this line and Papua New<br/>
&gt; Guinea has the same rights north of the line.<br/>
&gt; The two countries have agreed under the Treaty to share these rights.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; -------------<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; It seems that we finally have some kind of a different level border and<br/>
&gt; Australian exlaves?!?<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Brendan?<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; Regards,<br/>
&gt; Jan S. Krogh<br/>
&gt; Vilnius, Lithuania<br/>
&gt; http://home.no.net/enklaver<br/>
&gt; http://www.bigfoot.com/~Jan.Krogh<br/>
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