1 Whereas the normal baseline (Baselines) for measuring the breadth of a coastal State’s territorial sea is the low-water line along the coast, in certain cases international law allows for departures from that normal baseline by drawing straight lines linking the outermost base points; one such case is that of coastal indentations. Whereas the terms ‘bays’ and ‘gulfs’ are used interchangeably in the language of geography, the existing international conventions refer to ‘bays’, and contain a legal definition of a bay which is applicable to all coastal...
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