--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Jesper Nielsen"
<jesniel@i...> wrote:
> how do you get the extra 2 miles?
12 nautical miles equal nearly 14 statute or land miles
& i figured since you were walking you would prefer land miles
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "m06079" <barbaria_longa@h...>
> To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 4:10 PM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: The border between nowhere and
somewhere
>
>
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Jesper Nielsen"
> > <jesniel@i...> wrote:
> > > Always wondered by tripoint are always located at the
middle of
> > nowhere?
> >
> > usually because the tripoint represents historically the last
place
> > anybody cared about
> >
> > for example in the usa many of the tristate points are
attached to
> > or completely surrounded by indian reservations
> >
> > >my question: You are standing at the Pacific beach of let's
say
> > USA. The you are offcourse in the USA. Walk out 5 meters,
and
> > you would still claim you are in the US.
> > >
> > > How far out should you get before you are no longer in the
> > USA?
> >
> > the sovereign territory of the usa & most other countries ends
12
> > nautical miles farther out to sea than the coastal baselines
> > which themselves connect all the capes & other headlands
at
> > low tide
> >
> > so in most cases you would have to walk at least 14 miles
> > farther out to sea
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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