<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">2018-09-10 10:41 GMT+02:00 Colin Smale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:colin.smale@xs4all.nl" target="_blank">colin.smale@xs4all.nl</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-"></span>
<div class="gmail-m_2205708570977242224pre" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:monospace">The 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-m_2205708570977242224pre" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:monospace"><a href="http://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part2.htm" target="_blank">http://www.un.org/depts/los/<wbr>convention_agreements/texts/<wbr>unclos/part2.htm</a></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><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(1).gif">http://www.nonnodondolo.it/userfiles/image/37(1).gif</a></div><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">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Taranto</a></div><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 countries accept/recognize.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Also the 12nmi extension (territorial waters) is not always the same, some countries pretend(ed) 200 nautical miles. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Cheers,</div><div class="gmail_extra">Martin<br></div></div></div></div>