Practice question
A proposed archipelagic baseline uses a low-tide elevation eight nautical miles from the nearest island. It lacks a lighthouse. All other Article 47 requirements are satisfied and territorial-sea breadth is twelve nautical miles. Which answer correctly applies Article 47(4)?
- Its absence of a lighthouse is necessarily fatal
- Its proximity exception permits use despite the absence of a lighthouse
- It must be at least two hundred nautical miles from an island
- It becomes a high-tide island because of the baseline
- Every surrounding water becomes high seas
Legal references
- UNCLOS, Part IV, Articles 46–50: https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part4.htm; Article 47(4).
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