interesting new sketch map of the gulf of fonseca
http://www.laprensa.com.sv/nacion/Las%20aguas%20en%20condominio.pdf
found in this fresh report of a disputed island within
it
http://luterano.blogspot.com/2006/10/el-salvador-and-honduras-argue-over.html
gives a first clear impression of the de jure hnnisv
triarea
the most multisovereign territory in the world
& its borders & multipoint
on this map
the tridominial territory is bounded by the thick blue
gulf closing arrow to its southwest & by the gold &
blue dotted territorial sea limit lines of ni & sv
respectively to the east & north
so these dotted lines are the tridominial trilines
hnnisvni & hnnisvsv respectively
as far as their first intersection point
at the tridominial tripoint hnnisvnisv
notably only ni & sv abut this tridominial area
for hn this tridominium is an exclave or overseas
territory
nor does it appear to contain any islands to fight
over
the legal text for it
from a 1992 icj decision
is as follows
THE CHAMBER,
1. By four votes to one,
Decides that the legal situation of the waters of the
Gulf of Fonseca is as follows: the Gulf of Fonseca is
an historic bay the waters whereof, having previously
to 1821 been under the single control of Spain, and
from 1821 to 1839 of the Federal Republic of Central
America, were thereafter succeeded to and held in
sovereignty by the Republic of El Salvador, the
Republic of Honduras, and the Republic of Nicaragua,
jointly, and continue to be so held, as defined in the
present Judgment, but excluding a belt, as at present
established, extending 3 miles (1 marine league) from
the littoral of each of the three States, such belt
being under the exclusive sovereignty of the coastal
State, and subject to the delimitation between
Honduras and Nicaragua effected in June 1900, and to
the existing rights of innocent passage through the
3-mile belt and the waters held in sovereignty
jointly; the waters at the central portion of the
closing line of the Gulf, that is to say, between a
point on that line 3 miles (1 marine league) from
Punta Amapala and a point on that line 3 miles (1
marine league) from Punta Cosigüina, are subject to
the joint entitlement of all three States of the Gulf
unless and until a delimitation of the relevant
maritime area be effected; that the legal situation of
the waters of the Gulf of Fonseca is as follows: the
Gulf of Fonseca is an historic bay the waters whereof,
having previously to 1821 been under the single
control of Spain, and from 1821 to 1839 of the Federal
Republic of Central America, were thereafter succeeded
to and held in sovereignty by the Republic of El
Salvador, the Republic of Honduras, and the Republic
of Nicaragua, jointly, and continue to be so held, as
defined in the present Judgment, but excluding a belt,
as at present established, extending 3 miles (1 marine
league) from the littoral of each of the three States,
such belt being under the exclusive sovereignty of the
coastal State, and subject to the delimitation between
Honduras and Nicaragua effected in June 1900, and to
the existing rights of innocent passage through the
3-mile belt and the waters held in sovereignty
jointly; the waters at the central portion of the
closing line of the Gulf, that is to say, between a
point on that line 3 miles (1 marine league) from
Punta Amapala and a point on that line 3 miles (1
marine league) from Punta Cosigüina, are subject to
the joint entitlement of all three States of the Gulf
unless and until a delimitation of the relevant
maritime area be effected;
etc
& yet
from this it is not clear
or at least not to me
whether there might not also be a second triarea
within the gulf
several miles eastward from the clearly established
one
& shown on the above map surrounding the mileage scale
& north arrow
& bounded by gold & blue & red dotted lines
& thus adjacent to all 3 countries
but can anyone say if there is only the single
tridominial area or 2
here is a map of the full gulf for your consideration
http://encarta.msn.com/map_701512830/Gulf_of_Fonseca.html
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