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SKJAERGAARD [2 records]

Record 1 2004-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

... the offshore chain of some 150,000 islands, islets, rocks and skerries that marks the baseline for Norway's territorial sea and exclusive economic zone.

CONT

... the west coast of Norway, where the coastline is cut into by fjords and there are many small islands off the coast (known as the "skjaergaard").

OBS

(literally, rock rampart).

OBS

(Pronounced ... SCARE-guard).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

[...] ce qui constitue réellement la côte norvégienne, c'est la ligne extérieure du «skjaergaard».

OBS

skjaergaard : terme emprunté au norvégien.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea
CONT

Natural Entrance Points: These are the points at which the coastline can most reasonably be said to turn inward to form an indentation or bay. In the history of the law of bays and its codification, this is a new term. It appears to be about as accurately expressive of the natural conditions envisioned for a juridical bays as any that can be devised. Although never appearing in the Drafts of the United Nations International Law Commission on the law of the sea, it was used in the opinion of the Court in United Kingdom v. Norway. Other and older terms which have been used are mouth of the bay, headlands, or inter fauces terrae (sometimes called inter fauces terrarum).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer
DEF

Dans l’étranglement des terres. Expression latine employée surtout par la doctrine britannique en vue de déterminer si un espace constitue des eaux maritimes intérieures à partir desquelles sera fixée la limite de la mer territoriale.

CONT

«Si la ceinture des eaux territoriales doit suivre la ligne extérieure du «skjaergaard», si la méthode des lignes de base droites doit dans certains cas être admise, il n’ y a aucune raison valable de les tracer seulement à travers les baies,... et de ne pas les tracer aussi entre les îles, îlots et rochers, à travers les espaces d’eau qui les séparent, alors même que ces espaces ne rentrent pas dans la notion de baie. Il suffit qu'ils se trouvent compris entre les formations insulaires du «skjaergaard», inter fauces terrarum. »

Spanish

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