Archipelagic Doctrine and Baselines (U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea [UNCLOS], Arts. 46–50; RA 9522)

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1. Article 50 allows an archipelagic State to delimit internal waters within its archipelagic waters through what device? Multiple Choice Easy
2. A baseline designer selects a low-tide elevation fifteen nautical miles from the nearest island. It has no lighthouse o… Multiple Choice Medium
3. A proposed archipelagic baseline uses a low-tide elevation eight nautical miles from the nearest island. It lacks a lig… Multiple Choice Medium
4. A proposed baseline system satisfies water-to-land ratio and line-length requirements. Its drawing would nevertheless c… Multiple Choice Hard
5. Part of an archipelagic State’s waters lies between two parts of an immediately adjacent neighboring State. That neighb… Multiple Choice Hard
6. A baseline coordinate list identifies latitude and longitude but omits the geodetic datum. The government keeps the lis… Essay Medium
7. Compare two low-tide elevations proposed as archipelagic basepoints. Alpha lies twenty nautical miles from the nearest … Essay Medium
8. A mapping office says drawing archipelagic baselines prevents any later delimitation of internal waters inside the encl… Essay Medium