[talk-au] Maritime boundaries

[Darrin Smith]

On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:05:12 -0700 (PDT)
Delta Foxtrot <delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> I noticed a bunch of maritime boundaries at 12nm, however most
> countries have made a "land" grab and extended their maritime borders
> to 200nm.
> 
> I suppose this is more of a general question since it would effect
> almost all non-landlocked countries.
> 
> Are the 12nm boundaries even relevant/valid any more?

The reason I chose to put in the (roughly estimated) 12nm boundary was
that from the research I could find it's the *legal* definition of the
extent of full australian territory, i.e. when you are inside 12nm you
are in Australia and all laws apply - as is the case with most
countries from what I could determine. The 200nm is to do with resource
exploitation and full teritorial rights do not exist in this area. The
other countries around where world where people have added maratime
borders and been at the 12nm limit also from what I can see.

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