& of course this 12 nautical mile distance measured seaward
from the coastal baselines marks the border not so much
between nowhere & somewhere as between everyones land &
somebodies land
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "m06079"
<barbaria_longa@h...> wrote:
> --- 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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> > >