Actually, the elusive Smuggler Gulch is located west of there, about 2¼ miles
from the beach, as can be seen at
http://tinyurl.com/6ky6k . It is the
watercourse known in Mexico as Cañada al Matadero [Gorge to the Slaughterhouse]
on the 15-minute maps.
The boundary between MX and US territorial waters was established in the 1970
treaty. It begins at the end of the land boundary and "shall run seaward on a
line the delineation of which represents a practical simplification, through a
series of straight lines, of the line drawn in accordance with the principle of
equidistance [per Geneva, etc., etc.]. This line shall extend seaward to a
distance of 12 nautical miles from the baseline used for its delineation along
the coast of the mainland and the islands of the Contracting States." The 1970
treaty directed the International Boundary and Water Commission to prepare a map
which was annexed to and made part of the treaty by reference. That map shows
the terminal point of the land boundary, three turning points in the sea, and
the outer terminal point at the limit of the territorial sea. The coordinates
of all points are specified to the centisecond. The terminal point of the
boundary at the limit of the territorial sea is the same as the point
denominated "OP-1" in the 1978 treaty at your UN link. That treaty begins at 12
nautical miles and carries the EEZ boundary out to 200 nautical miles.
That "OP-1" point, according to the IBWC's map annexed to the 1970 treaty, is
precisely twelve nautical miles equidistant from Point Loma in the USA and the
northernmost of the Islas los Coronados in Mexico. The western portion of the
EEZ boundary shown on the map at your Veridan link also seems to be based on
equidistance between the Channel Islands (San Clemente or perhaps San Nicholas)
in the USA and Isla Guadalupe in Mexico.
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "aletheia kallos" <aletheiak@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:21 AM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] daily breeze
>
> http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/regstate/articles/1233277.html
> disregarding the flagrant misstatement of fact in the
> lede paragraph
> the elusive smugglers gulch is evidently situated
> where the tijuana river crosses caus
> hopefully as shown here
> http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=14&Z=11&X=153&Y=1125&W=3&qs=%7cimperial+beach%7c%7c
> some 3 & a half miles straight inland from the beach
> where the westernmost stretch of the so called
> california mexico border really does lie
> or at least the dry portion of it
>
> & of course the also partly walled wet portion of the
> so called california mexico border extends
> coincidentally
> another 3 & a half miles straight out to sea
> to camxus
> http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=18&Z=11&X=8&Y=69&W=1&qs=%7cimperial+beach%7c%7c
> where california finally does quit in earnest
>
> tho of course mexico continues farther out to sea from
> there along maritime mxus
>
> which then proceeds to zigzag all over the place for
> some unknown reason
> perhaps territorial exchanges
> thru the 4 turnpoint coords given at the bottom of
> page 1 here
> http://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/TREATIES/MEX-USA1978MB.PDF
>
> & finally
> or rather semifinally
> the position of the mxusmxus quadripoint
> where territorial waters end & eezs kick in
> isnt clear yet
> but it may be at or near the northernmost turnpoint as
> shown indistinctly here
> http://www.veridian.com/offerings/images/maritime_large.jpg
> & where you can also see
> finally at last
> & somewhat more clearly
> the eez tripoint of mxus with everyones land
>
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