Lines in the SeaGiampiero Francalanci, Tullio Scovazzi, Daniela Romanò It is very hard for a lawyer to understand the complex scientific prerequisites that determine the drawing of a certain line, and very hard for a scientist to follow the juridical subtleties that arise once that line is embodied in a legal text. This is the reason why the editors have tried to pool their different experiences in this atlas. They have chosen some important cases and topics and produced the relevant maps and comments. In the commentary they have stressed either the scientific or the legal aspects of the subject, or both, as the case may require. The main aim of "Lines in the Sea" is to give a graphical representation of those provisions of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea that can be reproduced on maps. The previous 1958 Geneva Conventions have also been considered, together with the practice that has developed through agreements between the States concerned. |
Contents
Closing Line within the | 36 |
United States Chesapeake Delaware | 37 |
Panama Panama | 38 |
Soviet Union Peter the Great | 39 |
Libya Sidra ot Surt or Syrtes | 40 |
Italy Taranto | 88 |
El SalvadorHondurasNicaragua Fonseca | 90 |
United States Galveston | 92 |
TERRITOrial | 119 |
Tracé Parallèle or Arcs of Circles 57 Outer Limit of the Territorial Sea Drawing of Arcs of Circle | 122 |
Italy | 124 |
Germany | 126 |
Roadsteads | 128 |
Lowtide Elevations | 130 |
MoroccoSpainUnited Kingdom Gibraltar | 132 |
Italy Messina | 134 |
Egypt Port Said | 94 |
Italy Ortona | 96 |
Philippines | 100 |
Indonesia | 102 |
Cape Verde | 104 |
the Solomon Islands | 106 |
Fiji | 108 |
Vanuatu | 110 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 112 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 114 |
Charts Showing Straight Baselines | 116 |
ArgentinaChile Magellan | 136 |
OTHER COASTAL ZONES | 139 |
France | 140 |
Exclusive Economic Zone | 142 |
Malta Tunisia | 144 |
France Italy Monaco 69 Presential Sea Chile | 148 |
CONTINENTAL SHELF | 151 |
Isostasy | 152 |
The Plate Tectonics Theory | 154 |
Juridical Definitions of the Continental Shelf | 156 |
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Common terms and phrases
According to Art adjacent agreement Antarctic Convergence Antarctic Treaty Antarctica archipelagic ARCHIPELAGIC BASELINES Argentina ATLANTIC OCEAN Australia breadth Cape Charney & Alexander Chile Claims closing line coast COASTAL ZONES coastline contiguous zone continental margin continental shelf continental slope datum Decree Deep Indentations delimitation dicha drawn equidistance line established exclusive economic zone external limit Fisheries fishing zone France Fringes of Islands geodetic Golfo de Panamá Grisbadarna Gulf high seas HISTORIC BAYS internal waters International Court international law ISOBATH Italian Italy judgment juridical jurisdiction Libya low-tide elevations low-water Malta map shows mare maritime boundary median line Mediterranean Mercator Monaco nautical miles navigation North Norway outer edge outer limit PACIFIC OCEAN Panama parties perpendicular PIONEER INVESTORS printed in Francalanci provides Punta reef Scovazzi & Francalanci sea-bed soberanía SOUTH Soviet Union straight baseline system strait submarine supra T.S. Conv territorial sea Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia U.N. Conv United Kingdom United Nations USDD USDS Yugoslavia