Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] first known map of hnnisv tridominium & its trilines & tripoint
Date: Oct 25, 2006 @ 20:04
Author: aletheia kallos (aletheia kallos <aletheiak@...>)
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> The lobe of the Gulf of Fonseca that begins at thehttp://www.laprensa.com.sv/nacion/Las%20aguas%20en%20condominio.pdf
> kilometer scale and
> north arrow runs about 20 miles southeastward and
> has an average width
> of about eight miles between opposing points of
> land. Therefore, there
> is plenty of room within it for tridominium under
> the provisions of the
> court decision below. If the Gulf is jointly held,
> subject only to the
> sovereign three-mile territorial seas, I see no
> reason why the
> southeastern lobe should not be joint, as well as
> the small area along
> the historic bay closing line.
>
> Lowell G. McManus
> Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "aletheia kallos" <aletheiak@...>
> To: <boundarypoint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:14 AM
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] first known map of hnnisv
> tridominium & its
> trilines & tripoint
>
>
> > interesting new sketch map of the gulf of fonseca
> >
>
> > found in this fresh report of a disputed islandhttp://luterano.blogspot.com/2006/10/el-salvador-and-honduras-argue-over.html
> within
> > it
> >
>
> > 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