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Title: | Where is the Orange River mouth? The demarcation of the South African/Namibian maritime boundary |
Authors: | Erasmus, G. Hamman, D. |
Year: | 1987 |
Periodical: | South African Yearbook of International Law |
Volume: | 13 |
Pages: | 49-71 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | South Africa Namibia |
Subject: | boundaries |
Abstract: | When Namibia becomes independent, a number of international legal problems with respect to the terrestrial and maritime boundaries between South Africa and Namibia could occur. This article focuses on one such problem: the demarcation of the maritime boundaries between these two countries at the mouth of the Orange River. Although the Orange River boundary was laid down in 1890 in a treaty between Germany and the United Kingdom, no demarcation ever took place and the exact position of the boundary has therefore never been determined. The first section of the paper discusses international law principles relating to territorial delimitation, and deals with baseline rules relating to river mouths, and with general principles, State practice and conventional rules regarding lateral delimitations of the territorial sea. These principles are considered in the context of the South African/Namibian territorial sea delimitation at the mouth of the Orange River. The second section examines the rules relating to delimitation of the continental shelf with particular emphasis on special circumstances and their relevance to the Namibian/South African coastline. Notes, ref. |