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The regime of straight

baselines formally emerged from the 1951 Fisheries Case between the United

Kingdom and

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According

to Article 121(2) of UNCLOS, islands generate the same maritime zones as

continental land territory, unless they fall under the exception in paragraph

3.

The

size of an island determines whether it can generate a territorial sea.

Under

the Law of the Sea Convention, straight baselines may be drawn using any

offshore islands, regardless of their distance from the mainland coast, as long

as they belong to the coastal State.

When two States

cannot agree on whether a particular island or rock may legitimately serve as a

base point for straight baselines in a maritime delimitation context, the

dispute may ultimately require resolution by a court or

The

normal baseline is unsuitable for coasts with numerous offshore islands and

reefs because it produces irregular and confusing maritime boundaries.

Article

5 of the Law of the Sea Convention specifies how much the breadth of the

territorial sea may extend from the baseline.

Under Article 7,

paragraph 4 of UNCLOS, even if no permanent installations exist, straight

baselines may still be drawn to and from a low-tide elevation if such a practice has received

In justifying

Norway’s baseline system, the ICJ noted that if drawing lines across

Article 7,

paragraph 3 of UNCLOS requires that straight baselines must not depart to any

appreciable extent from the general