Subject: footnote to message 220<br/>
Date: Oct 21, 2001 @ 21:53<br/>
Author: m donner (&quot;m donner&quot; &lt;maxivan82@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1666549831">following up on the the prusvi tripoints etc<br/>
there is also a surprising clavological consequence of the law that limits <br/>
most state territorial waters to 3nm<br/>
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in message 220 david pointed out that point roberts is not an exclave of the <br/>
united states since it is connected to washington state & whatcom county<br/>
& indeed most maps back him up in these assertions<br/>
<br/>
nor is he mistaken in his conclusion<br/>
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yet because point roberts is more than 6nm from any other point of land in <br/>
washington state<br/>
there is actually a legal discontinuity of washington state territorial <br/>
waters<br/>
& this gap is bridged only by usa territorial waters<br/>
<br/>
so point roberts is a legal exclave of washington state<br/>
& so it follows also a legal exclave of whatcom county<br/>
while not being an exclave of the usa<br/>
<br/>
m<br/>
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