Thanks Lowell, Thanks Eric,
Much appreciated,
...anybody else know about any others??
Also, here's one that's been bugging me for a while,
and that has probably also been answered elsewhere:
Why do Palaus borders often appear, on maps and in
atlases, the way they? i.e. what's with that
'quadrilateral' add-on zone south of Yap state? How
did it come about?
Sean
--- Eric Choate <
choatune@...> a écrit :
> Off the Outer Banks in North Carolina, there are two
> lighthouses that were built on modified towers
> normally used for oil rigs that are more than 12
> miles from the coast. Sadly, both automated lights
> have gone out, and they are not that sturdy after
> nearly 40 years. The one at the end of Diamond
> Shoals is visible from the Cape Hatteras lighthouse.
> The one at Frying Pan Shoals near Cape Fear is
> further out. There's info at the bottom of this
> page: http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/nc.htm
>
>
> Barrier islands can slowly move over time.
> Hatteras Island is slowly moving westward toward the
> mainland. Does the territorial limit retreat with
> it? Or for that matter, could a country extend its
> waters by using landfill to make strategic
> peninsulas?
>
> Eric
> Carrboro, NC
>
> Seÿffffe1n O'Connell <gleannmaghair@...> wrote:
> Does anyone know of any oil rigs, lighthouses, or
> other man-made 'territories' in international waters
> (i.e. outside of the 12-mile territorial limit of
> sovereign states).
>
> My own research has come up dry.
>
> Sean O'Connell
> Vancouver, BC
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