Walker and Noyes: Definitions for the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention--Part II DEFINITIONS FOR THE 1982 LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION - PART 11* GEORGE K. WALKER* JOHN E. NOYES*** TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INTRODUCTION by George K. Walker ...................................... 194 A. DEFINITIONS FOR THE 1982 LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION (REVISED TENTATIVE DRAFT NO. 1, FEB. 10, 2003) by G eorge K . W alker ........................................................................... 196 I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 196 II. A N A LY SIS .......................................................................................... 197 III. D EFIN ITION S ..................................................................................... 199 A. "Applicable" and "Generally Accepted" ........................ 199 B . "C oastal State". ............................................................................... 204 C. "F lag State" .............................................. ...................................... 204 D . "G enuine Link ........................................... .................................... 205 This revises and adds to International Law Association (American Branch) Law of the Sea Committee, Defining Terms in the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention (Sept. 4, 2001 Initial Draft) (Rev. 1, Jan. 22, 2002), 2001-02 PROC. AM. BRANCH INT'L L. ASS'N 154 (John E. Noyes ed., 2002), reprinted in George K. Walker & John E. Noyes, Definitionsfor the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, 32 CAL. W. INT'L L.J. 343 (2001-02). ." Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law. B.A., University of Alabama, 1959; LL.B., Vanderbilt University, 1966; A.M., Duke University, 1968; LL.M., University of Virginia, 1972; Chair, American Branch International Law Association Law of the Sea Committee; member, North Carolina and Virginia Bars. My thanks to Professor John E. Noyes, California Western School of Law, for serving as commentator and contributing to this article; members of the American Branch International Law Association Law of the Sea Committee and others for their comments; Professor Howard K. Sinclair, former Wake Forest University Worrell Professional Center Library Reference Librarian; Professor Shannon Gil- reath, Worrell Professional Center Library Reference Librarian; and their staffs, for research assistance. Versions of parts of this article were the subject of discussions at the 2001 and 2002 American Branch International Law Association annual meetings in New York City. The article does not necessarily represent the views of the International Law Association. Errors of omission or commission are mine. General Introduction, Part II.A, Part II.B and Conclusions Copyright © George K. Walker. ...Professor of Law, California Western School of Law; Vice President, American Branch International Law Association. Published by CWSL Scholarly Commons, 2003 1 California Western International Law Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2 [2003], Art. 4 192 CALIFORNIA WESTERN INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 33 E. "M ile" or "Nautical M ile ................................................................ 208 F. "Ocean Space" and "Sea". .............................................................210 G. "Other Rules of InternationalLaw" ............................................... 211 H. "Seaworthiness".............................................................................. 216 1. "Ship" or "Vessel". .......................................................................... 217 IV. CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................. 218 B. DEFINITIONS FOR THE 1982 LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION - PART I: ANALYSIS OF THE IHO CONSOLIDATED GLOSSARY (RE- VISED INITIAL DRAFT, FEB. 10, 2003) by George K. Walker ............... 219 I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 219 II. PROPOSED DEFINITIONS .................................................................... 223 ]A. "Adjacent Coasts ......................................................................... 223 2A. "Aid to Navigation" and "NavigationalAid" .....................226 A. 1. "Artificial Island;" "Offshore Installation;" "Installation(Off-shore)" ..................................................................... 228 A .2 . "A toll ................................................. ......................................... 2 3 1 A.3. "Bank". ......................................................................................... 232 A.4. "Basepoint" or "Point"................................................................ 233 A.5. "Cap" ........................................................................................... 239 A.6. "Chart"......................................................................................... 240 A. 7. "Chart Datum". ............................................................................ 242 A.8. "Closing Line" ............................................................................. 243 B. 1. "Continental Rise" ....................................................................... 244 B.2. "Continental Slope ..................................................................... 246 B.3. "Dangerto Navigation" and "Dangerto Overflight ................. 247 B.4. "Deep Ocean Floor .................................................................... 249 B.5. "Delta .......................................................................................... 250 B. 6. "Drying Reef". .............................................................................. 251 B. 7. "Due Notice," "Notice, " "AppropriatePublicity," and "Due Publicity ................................................................. 252 B.8. "EquidistanceLine;" "Median Line" .......................................... 254 B.9. "Estuary"...................................................................................... 255 C. 1. "Foot of the Continental Slope ". .................................................. 256 C.2. "Fringing Reef" ........................................................................... 257 D. 1. "Geodetic Data .......................................................................... 258 D.2. "Geodetic Datum" ....................................................................... 259 D.3. "GeographicalCoordinates" or "Geographic Coordinates ...... 261 D.4. "HarborWorks .......................................................................... 262 D.5. "HistoricBay ............................................................................. 263 D.6. "HydrographicSurvey ............................................................... 266 D. 7. "isobath". ..................................................................................... 268 D.8. "Land Territory;" "Land Domain" ............................ 269 D.9. "Latitude"..................................................................................... 270 https://scholarlycommons.law.cwsl.edu/cwilj/vol33/iss2/4 2 Walker and Noyes: Definitions for the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention--Part II 2003] DEFINITIONS FOR THE 1982 LOS CONVENTION - PART 1I 193 D.10. "Line of Delimitation"............................................................... 271 D.11. "Longitude" ............................................................................... 273 D.12. "Low Water Line" or "Low Water Mark" ......................273 E.1. "M outh" of a Bay .......................................................................... 275 E.2. "Mouth" of a River ....................................................................... 276 F. 1. "Oceanic Plateau"....................................................................... 277 F.2. "Oceanic Ridge" .......................................................................... 278 F.3. "Opposite Coasts". ....................................................................... 279 G. 1. "Outer Limit". .............................................................................. 280 G.2. "Port".......................................................................................... 282 G.3. "Reef" .......................................................................................... 284 G.4. "River". ........................................................................................285 G.5. "Roadstead"................................................................................. 286 G.6. "Rock". ......................................................................................... 287 G. 7. "Routing System ". ........................................................................ 288 G.8. "Scale". ........................................................................................ 290 G.9. "Sea-Bed, ""Seabed" or "Bed ................................................... 291 H. 1. "Sedimentary Rock". .................................................................... 292 H.2. "Shelf". ......................................................................................... 293 L 1. "Spur". ............................................................................................ 294 L2. "Straight line;""Straight Baseline;""Straight Archipelagic Baseline". ....................................................................... 295 1.3. "Strait;" "Straits .......................................................................... 297 L4. "Submarine Cable" ......................................................................