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From: <orc@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 6:48 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: hi

> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "John
>
> > This is probably old hat for you experts, but
> http://geography.about.com/library/misc/uceez.htm:
>
> it seems a nice new hat actually for some mostly familiar ideas
>
> the only significant thing it misses i think is the protruding
> continental shelf rule
> which effectively extends the eez on the seabed sometimes far
> beyond the normal limit of 200nm from coastal baselines
>
> i think caus for example on the atlantic side
> issuing from the bay of fundy between maine & new brunswick
> runs all the way down the continental slope
> & thus practically a third of the way to bermuda
>
> in fact right past cape cod & long island
> & almost to the latitude of new brunswick as in new jersey iirc

thanks for the above info

>
> > What exactly constitutes "innocent passage"? If the US wants
> to sail a half a mile off Iran, that would not be innocent passage,
> would it?
>
> i believe it could be
> & depends entirely on the actual intent

This makes sense.

>
> just cruising unthreateningly thru the straits of hormuz
> probably cant legally be opposed or prevented by anyone
>

...

> >
> > Ahah. I found it:
> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/12/30/48hours/main1445
> 69.shtml. This seems a bit more plasuible than
> http://www.cca.org/woc/felfat/exp1.html. ;-)
>
> this last one is absolutely fantastic tho
> great shooting twice
>
> special aside to bill
> does this white felfat ball remind you of anything
>
> > What are the other two? (Antarctica and ?)
>
> the idle idyl isle of idl
>
> i give up
> do you know
> or should we offer a prize for the finder

Nope. I am as curious as you.