FISHTERM bilingual dictionary Search results for 'Low-tide elevation' (1 record(s))
| RECORD No. | 226 |
| AUTHOR | ELAD D. F. |
| DATE OF CREATION | |
| LAST UPDATE | 2024-02-07 00:00:00 |
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| TERM | * Low-tide elevation statut: préféré | ||||||||
| PART OF SPEECH | noun | ||||||||
| PLURAL | Low-tide elevations ; | ||||||||
| ETYMOLOGY | The word low-tide elevation dates back before the twentieth century. The earliest usages in published works can be seen in books such as:
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| DEFINITION |
a naturally formed offshore land feature (such as mudflat, shoal, rock, or reef ) within a distance of not more than 12 nautical miles from the low-water line of the mainland or an island, which is surrounded by water and visible at low tide but submerged at high tide. | ||||||||
| DEFINITION SOURCE |
The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea | ||||||||
| USAGE EXAMPLE | " Where a low-tide elevation is wholly situated at a distance exceeding the breadth of the territorial sea from the mainland or an island, it has no territorial sea of its own. " (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 13, paragraph 2) | ||||||||
| NOTES | Naturally occurring offshore land features (e.g. mudflats, shoals, rocks, or reefs ) visible during low tides but submerged at high tide.
Characteristics of low-tide elevations:
Significance and application of low-tide elevations in international law:Pursuant to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which is the international landmark convention regulating the world's oceans and seas, the following rules are applicable:
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1. Legal instruments related to: Low-tide elevation |
1. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 13, paragraph 1:
" A low-tide elevation is a naturally formed area of land which is surrounded by and above water at low tide but submerged at high tide. Where a low-tide elevation is situated wholly or partly at a distance not exceeding the breadth of the territorial sea from the mainland or an island, the low-water line on that elevation may be used as the baseline for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea. "
2. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 13, paragraph 2:
" Where a low-tide elevation is wholly situated at a distance exceeding the breadth of the territorial sea from the mainland or an island, it has no territorial sea of its own. "
3. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 47, paragraph 4:
" Such baselines shall not be drawn to and from low-tide elevations, unless lighthouses or similar installations which are permanently above sea level have been built on them or where a low-tide elevation is situated wholly or partly at a distance not exceeding the breadth of the territorial sea from the nearest island. "
