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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/09/18 19:25, Martin Koppenhoefer
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<div class="gmail_quote">2018-09-10 10:41 GMT+02:00 Colin
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baseline is defined by the state, in accordance
with the UNCLOS rules, and published to the world
by deposition with the UN. The basis for the
baseline is: "<span>the normal baseline for
measuring the breadth of the territorial sea is
the low-water line along the coast as marked on
large-scale charts officially recognized by the
coastal State."</span></div>
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<div class="gmail_extra">is there also a definition for an
"unnormal" or exceptional baseline? E.g. here: <a
href="http://www.nonnodondolo.it/userfiles/image/37%281%29.gif"
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<div class="gmail_extra">you can see that e.g. the whole
gulf of taranto is included by the baseline <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Taranto"
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<div class="gmail_extra">From what I have seen, although
there is the UN definition about the low water line,
actual baselines tend to be much more "generous". The
baselie is what the country self declares and other
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<div class="gmail_extra">Also the 12nmi extension
(territorial waters) is not always the same, some
countries pretend(ed) 200 nautical miles. <br>
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Fiji (an island nation) baseline encloses;<br>
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Land = 18,272 sq.
kilometers
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%">Internal waters =
25,558 sq. kilometers </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%">Archipelagic waters
= 130,470 sq. kilometers</p>
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I'd think that most people would agree that their baseline is a long
way from what they would consider a coast line. <br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/58567.pdf">https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/58567.pdf</a><br>
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