Subject: Re: Graham/ferdinandea Island<br/>
Date: Dec 14, 2002 @ 07:01<br/>
Author: Karolis B. &lt;kbajoraz@yahoo.com&gt; (&quot;Karolis B. &lt;kbajoraz@...&gt;&quot; &lt;kbajoraz@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1799929347">--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;acroorca2002 &lt;orc@o...&gt;&quot; <br/>
&lt;orc@o...&gt; wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; interesting one<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; i believe i once read that an island loses its territory & its <br/>
&gt; nationality when it ceases to exist<br/>
&gt; according to some principle of international law<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; i think i saw this in connection with tuvalu <br/>
&gt; where they are very nervous about losing their whole country <br/>
&gt; albeit gradually rather than abruptly<br/>
&gt; but i think the principle may be the same<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; also by the same token<br/>
&gt; how can an island be claimed until it actually emerges<br/>
&gt; or reclaimed until it actually reemerges<br/>
&gt; etc<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; i dont think it can<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>i don&#39;t neither. but was I a greatX4grandson of the guy who had <br/>
claimed the island, i&#39;d probably be thinking otherwise. what else i <br/>
was thinking, is that since all that flag raising stuff means close <br/>
to nothing nowadays, how can an island that would emerge in Italian <br/>
EEZ belong to antoher country. even if it did, as long as it is <br/>
underwater it is part of Italian continental shelf. back in the days <br/>
when countries didn&#39;t have maritime claims anyone could claim any <br/>
islands. But if now Italian continental shelf would emerge above <br/>
water, it would only make sense for it to form Italian soil, btw also <br/>
giving a new point for territorial sea claims. but I guess some legal <br/>
action should be taken should it emerge for it to come under any <br/>
sovereignty. If there&#39;s an island in non-territorial sea, then it&#39;s <br/>
nobody&#39;s island. If there&#39;s more than one claim (and the claim has to <br/>
be by the gov&#39;t, not an island-freak guy) it has to go before ICJ. <br/>
Now, if this actually happened, who wants to bet on the ICJ&#39;s <br/>
decision? 100 bucks on Italy :) i mean 100 euros;)</div>