Practice question
A mapmaker says that an archipelagic State may freely join any distant points it chooses so long as the resulting enclosure contains its main islands. Explain at least three additional conditions imposed by UNCLOS Article 47.
Legal references
- UNCLOS, Articles 46–50, especially Article 47 (archipelagic baselines): https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part4.htm
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