[talk-au] Australian Coastline

[John Smith]

On 21 June 2010 22:12, Leon Kernan <lkernan at gmail.com> wrote:
> There seems to be an unintended side effect to this statement:
>> The maritime borders are 12nm out to sea from the coastline.

That is the general case, but in Qld I think it's 12nm from the edge
of the barrier reef...

> Bass Strait seems to have been given over to international waters according
> to that statement.

Are you thinking about maritime borders or the Exclusive Economic Zone
(EEZ) which is 200nm from the coastline...

> There are some weird lines around Vic / Tas and the Bass Strait islands at
> the moment on zoom level 7 which i assume are linked to this converstation.

If you know where they are, feel free to fix them...