Re: first known map of hnnisv tridominium & its trilines & tripoint
"Lowell G. McManus" <[email protected]> Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:54:25 -0600
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¡Bravisisimo! You've reached as a far as text will go on this matter. Only a map would do better. I agree completely with your analysis. Lowell G. McManus Leesville, Louisiana, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "aletheia kallos" <aletheiak-/[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 2:54 PM Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] first known map of hnnisv tridominium & its trilines & tripoint > yikes but no > for here is the 1900 hnni text verbatim per the ibs > http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/collection/LimitsinSeas/IBS036.pdf > > In the various applicable documents, the boundary has > been described as follows: > (1) From the point known by the name of Amatillo, in > the lower part of the river > Negro, the dividing line is a straight line run toward > the volcano of Cosiguina in an > astronomical direction S 86° 30' W, 36.8 kilometers > [23 miles] to the middle point of > the bay of Fonseca, equidistant from the coasts of the > two Republics on this side; > and from that point follows the division of the waters > of the bay along a line also > equidistant from the said coasts until it reaches the > middle of the distance lying > between the northern part of Cosiguina (Monypenny) > Point and the southern part of > Tigre Island. > > & this dry & wet geodetic segment of hnni is easily > discernible at the tightest zoom level at encarta > where the volcano cosiguina & the rio negro are both > clearly labeled > & the amatillo point terminus can be inferred as > described > & the other terminus at the midpoint of the bay of > fonseca can be interpolated > as can the midpoint where hnni terminates between > monypenny or cosiguina point aka punta san jose & > tigre island > both of which are labeled on the other map > http://www.laprensa.com.sv/nacion/Las%20aguas%20en%20condominio.pdf > > & the astonishing result is neither of the situations > we envisioned quite > but rather something actually in between them > > for the seaward terminal point of maritime hnni as > described proves to lie a bit more than 4nm from the > nearest salvadoran territory > namely on isla meanguera > > so it turns out that hn & ni actually did divvy up the > bay beyond their 3nm belts in 1900 yet not quite as > far as the salvadoran 3nm belt > & that the icj reaffirmed this in 1992 > leaving a spot no more than about 3nm wide in any > direction as the inner tridominium triarea > > thus the trijunction triarea is scarcely bigger than > it would have been if it were only a tripoint > in a manner of speaking > > & i think that really does conclude our preliminary > tridominioscopy > with the outer or exclave triarea now proving to be > something on the order of 100 times larger than the > inner one > > & of course i would like to see or create a good map > of all this > but i think we already have a fair & true picture of > it in our minds eye > > thanx & bravos > > --- aletheia kallos <aletheiak-/[email protected]> wrote: > >> ok good >> so assuming if you would for now that the 1900 >> agreement delimits hnni in the gulf only within the >> 3nm belt >> we would have as a result no hnnisv tripoint per se >> there in the gulf >> nor anywhere else >> but an inner hnnisv tridominial triarea instead >> >> so in effect >> at this only multi overlapping territorial >> convergency >> in the world >> a potential multi point becomes expanded or exploded >> instead into an actual multi area >> >> & its complementary multiarea >> aka the outer tridominium at the gulf closing line >> is topologically quite distinct from the inner one >> in >> being a triarea without a triconvergency >> for it is sandwiched between only 2 of the 3 >> constituent sovereign territories rather than wedged >> in among all 3 >> >> so what we would be or really are looking at here >> all together >> is a multipoint that has exploded on the spot into a >> multiarea >> plus >> a much larger discontiguous or exclavic multiarea >> >> & i would add that this relative size difference >> between the 2 areas is despite the fact that the >> sketch map suggests the inner one would be much >> larger >> than the outer one >> >> for in reality it would be quite the contrary >> as the sketch map is mistaken in showing the inner >> triarea widening to the east >> where it actually must shrink & narrow into a long >> tail >> >> just as mistaken as it is btw in suggesting the >> outer >> triarea ends at the gulf closing arrow >> >> or in suggesting that the 3nm limits continue as >> such >> outside the gulf >> >> for after all it is only a crude sketch >> >> & as you may be able to judge if you compare the >> maps >> again with everything we believe we know about the >> legal tridominium >> > http://encarta.msn.com/map_701512830/Gulf_of_Fonseca.html >> > http://www.laprensa.com.sv/nacion/Las%20aguas%20en%20condominio.pdf >> the outer triarea will comprise more than 100 square >> nautical miles of combined territorial & internal >> seas >> >> while the inner one >> being perhaps equally as long or longer but nowhere >> near as wide >> will comprise only a small fraction of that area >> >> --- "Lowell G. McManus" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > When I wrote of an inner sinus within the gulf's >> > southeastern lobe that >> > was surrounded by the littoral belts of Honduras >> and >> > Nicaragua, I was >> > not looking at the LA PRENSA sketch map, the link >> to >> > which had been lost >> > at the time. What I thought I remembered as >> > littoral belt overlap >> > between these two states in the vicinity of the >> > kilometer scale was >> > erroneous. While there is an inner sinus (whether >> > partitioned or not), >> > it does involve about a mile of closure by the >> > Salvadorian littoral belt >> > at its western end. >> > >> > You are correct that our next resort must be to >> the >> > 1917 volume of AJIL >> > or another source of the 1900 HNNI agreement. >> > >> > Lowell G. McManus >> > Leesville, Louisiana, USA >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "aletheia kallos" <aletheiak-/[email protected]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:45 AM >> > Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] first known map of >> > hnnisv tridominium & its >> > trilines & tripoint >> > >> > >> > > wow yes thanx again >> > > & understood & agreed again >> > > up to a point >> > > >> > > but still i hesitate to abandon the idea of the >> > inner >> > > tridominial area >> > > >> > > the unseen 1900 hnni agreement may well preclude >> > the >> > > existence of such an area >> > > as you seem to assume >> > > & perhaps we wont know for sure til we actually >> > read >> > > it >> > > >> > > but the judgment does indicate in paragraph 405 >> > that >> > > the delimitation effected by that agreement was >> > > substantially an application of the equidistance >> > > principle >> > > after having just in paragraph 404 reiterated >> the >> > > principle of the 3 mile littoral belts of >> > exclusive >> > > jurisdiction >> > > about which there doesnt seem to be any question >> > > within the gulf >> > > >> > > outside the gulf there may well be up to 12nm of >> > > territorial seas >> > > but inside the gulf there appears to be no basis >> > for >> > > assuming any exclusively sovereign waters beyond >> > the >> > > various 3nm littoral belts >> > > >> > > so i have no difficulty seeing & agreeing that >> the >> > > equidistance principle may have been employed in >> > the >> > > past & or may be hypothetically invoked in the >> > present >> > > or future to delimit areas where the 3nm belts >> > overlap >> > > of which there are clearly 2 shown on the sketch >> > map i >> > > began with >> > > & a third inferrable off frame to the right >> > > but i still dont see how equidistance could have >> > been >> > > used to divvy up the enclosed area in the inner >> > gulf >> > > that is beyond all 3 of the 3nm belts >> > > >> > > moreover i dont yet see how it could be fair to >> > assume >> > > that there even are any waters in the gulf >> > completely >> > > surrounded by the hn & ni belts >> > > even if it were fair to assume that these >> > countries >> > > had the right to appropriate & or allocate such >> > waters >> > > >> > > --- "Lowell G. McManus" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > >> > >> After an examination of your new-found PDF >> file, >> > I >> > >> must change my >> > >> earlier opinion that the central portion of the >> > >> southeastern lobe of the >> > >> gulf constitutes a second tridominial area >> > distinct >> > >> from that along the >> > >> central segment of the gulf's closing line. >> The >> > >> judgment of the court >> > >> finds a tridominium in the gulf, but makes it >> > >> subject to two physical >> > >> limitations: (1) the three-mile littoral belts >> > >> previously agreed to by >> > >> the states, and (2) the 1900 agreement between >> > >> Honduras and Nicaragua. >> > >> I had first assumed that the latter pertained >> to >> > >> their land boundary's >> > >> intersection with the gulf, but the matter is >> > >> specifically addressed in >> > >> paragraphs 404 (PDF page 250) and 413 (PDF >> pages >> > 254 >> > === message truncated === > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Want to start your own business? 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