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Low-tide elevation

Low-tide elevation is a naturally formed area of land which is above water and surrounded by water at low tide but submerged at high tide. It may be a mudflat or reef.

Legal status

Low tide elevations may be used as basepoints for the calculation of maritime zones unless they lie at a distance exceeding the breadth of the territorial sea (12-miles) from the nearest mainland or island.

According to the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, "If an LTE (low-tide elevation) is located within maritime zones of a littoral state, such as territorial sea, exclusive economic zone, and continental shelf, it automatically belongs to that state."

References

Sources

References

[[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea]] Article 13 PART II
"Second Thomas Shoal: A Legal Perspective". [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]].

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