yes here in bus&ss
the same source you are citing
under territorial waters & the continental shelf
it indicates this sla of 1953 ended all possibility for the pacific
states among others to claim more than 3nm of territorial seas
so i think that is probably a lock on that question
it has just taken the cartographers half a century to react
& most of them still havent
even the bible itself is mute on this flagrant self contradiction
as if it foresaw some possible difficulty
but so far as i know
there has been no legal challenge or relevant opinion either way
& if push ever did come all the way to shove
i admit i cant confidently say which law would trump which
can you
but it would please me to take the opportunity to stand alone in the
face of all the maps
also one further nibble on your state exclave collection
alaska besides having exclaves enclaved in federal waters enclaved in
high seas
also has the unique diomede exclave enclaved in nothing
--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002" <orc@o...> wrote:
> you may be right
>
> indeed most maps i have seen indicate you are right
>
> but i was thinking the 3 mile limits imposed by the submerged lands
> act would probably trump the statehood specs of all but texas &
gulf
> coast florida
> since
> unless i am mistaken
> that law specifically exempts only these 2
>
> but i dont have it in front of me
>
> & i would be glad to see something definitive on this
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
> <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > wrote:
> >
> > > the only known case of an inland doing what you say is point
> roberts
> > > washington
> > > which is separated from the rest of washington by more than 6
> > > nautical miles & is thus an exclave of washington
> > > tho not enclaved in anything
> >
> > According to Van Zandt, the 1889 Act of Congress admitting the
> State of
> > Washington specified its northern boundary running westward along
> the Canadian
> > boundary to the Pacific. Therefore, wouldn't the state's waters
> extend along
> > and to the wet segment of the CAUS boundary that runs from Point
> Roberts to the
> > Pacific Ocean? That 142-mile segment through the Strait of
> Georgia, the Haro
> > Strait, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca had already been
arbitrated
> in 1872 by
> > Emperor William I of Germany. If these internal waters are
indeed
> territorial
> > to the State of Washington, then the state is a contiguous whole,
> including
> > Point Roberts.
> >
> > Lowell G. McManus
> > Leesville, Louisiana, USA