Re: [talk-au] Maritime boundaries

2009-06-14 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Sun, 14/6/09, Darrin Smith wrote: > Yes, I'm fully aware of the 200nm official UN definition, I > just found > it interesting (hence the use of the term 'interestingly' > at the start > of the sentence there) that that page appeared to be in > error. I missed that, it's always mildly amu

Re: [talk-au] Maritime boundaries

2009-06-14 Thread Darrin Smith
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:02:18 -0700 (PDT) Delta Foxtrot wrote: > > --- On Sun, 14/6/09, Darrin Smith wrote: > > Interestingly that page I linked lists the Exclusive > > Economic Zone (the > > 200nm case) as extending from the outside of the 12nm > > limit, which > > would actually make it 212nm

Re: [talk-au] Maritime boundaries

2009-06-14 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Sun, 14/6/09, Darrin Smith wrote: > Interestingly that page I linked lists the Exclusive > Economic Zone (the > 200nm case) as extending from the outside of the 12nm > limit, which > would actually make it 212nm from the baseline case. An exclusive economic zone extends for 200 nautical m

Re: [talk-au] Maritime boundaries

2009-06-14 Thread Darrin Smith
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:59:36 -0700 (PDT) Delta Foxtrot wrote: > > --- On Sun, 14/6/09, Darrin Smith wrote: > > > The reason I chose to put in the (roughly estimated) 12nm > > boundary was > > that from the research I could find it's the *legal* > > definition of the > > extent of full australi

Re: [talk-au] Maritime boundaries

2009-06-14 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Sun, 14/6/09, Darrin Smith wrote: > The reason I chose to put in the (roughly estimated) 12nm > boundary was > that from the research I could find it's the *legal* > definition of the > extent of full australian territory, i.e. when you are > inside 12nm you > are in Australia and all laws

Re: [talk-au] Maritime boundaries

2009-06-14 Thread Delta Foxtrot
--- On Sun, 14/6/09, Darrin Smith wrote: > The reason I chose to put in the (roughly estimated) 12nm > boundary was > that from the research I could find it's the *legal* > definition of the > extent of full australian territory, i.e. when you are > inside 12nm you > are in Australia and all law

Re: [talk-au] Maritime boundaries

2009-06-14 Thread Darrin Smith
On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:05:12 -0700 (PDT) Delta Foxtrot wrote: > > I noticed a bunch of maritime boundaries at 12nm, however most > countries have made a "land" grab and extended their maritime borders > to 200nm. > > I suppose this is more of a general question since it would effect > almost al

[talk-au] Maritime boundaries

2009-06-14 Thread Delta Foxtrot
I noticed a bunch of maritime boundaries at 12nm, however most countries have made a "land" grab and extended their maritime borders to 200nm. I suppose this is more of a general question since it would effect almost all non-landlocked countries. Are the 12nm boundaries even relevant/valid any