Practice question
Under UNCLOS Article 48, what is the geographical starting point for measuring the breadth of an archipelagic State’s territorial sea, contiguous zone, EEZ and continental shelf?
- The outer edge of its EEZ
- The center of its capital city
- The boundaries of every historic colonial treaty rectangle
- Archipelagic baselines drawn in accordance with Article 47
- The international date line
Legal references
- UNCLOS, Articles 46–50, especially Article 47 (archipelagic baselines): https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part4.htm
- Magallona v. Ermita, G.R. No. 187167, August 16, 2011, main decision, maritime baselines and regime of islands: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/29267
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