Subject: World survey of high seas enclaves<br/>
Date: Aug 03, 2001 @ 21:36<br/>
Author: granthutchison@cs.com (granthutchison@...)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-834286889">I&#39;ve uploaded a Word doc to the files area, containing an update to my survey <br/>
of high seas enclaves, based on my own computer machinations cross-checked <br/>
with Prescott&#39;s Maritime Political Boundaries of the World.<br/>
In his review of the high seas, Prescott gives 15 enclaves. My list includes <br/>
18. Of my list, Prescott omits: 1) the South Fiji Basin, which appears on the <br/>
map at www.maritimeboundaries.com, but the existence of which is distinctly <br/>
dubious, as I describe in my list; 2) the Mascarene Basin, but this enclave <br/>
is shown in a detailed map in his Indian Ocean chapter; 3) the Chatham Rise <br/>
enclave - this is small, but well attested from other sources, including <br/>
official New Zealand maps.<br/>
<br/>
Prescott&#39;s detailed Southern Pacific map shows another apparent enclave in <br/>
French Polynesia (which he doesn&#39;t comment on), bounded by the Duke of <br/>
Gloucester Islands, Gambier Islands, Bass Islands and Austral Islands. From <br/>
my calculations this seems to be open to the general high seas to the east, <br/>
and potentially obliterated by an EEZ claim on President Thiers Reef, but I&#39;d <br/>
be glad of anyone&#39;s comments, as usual.<br/>
<br/>
Grant</div>