United States of America v. State of Alaska
698 Sea — Territorial sea — Submerged lands — Sovereignty over submerged lands along Alaska’s Arctic Coast — United States and State of Alaska claiming ownership — Submerged lands rich in oil — Right to offer lands for mineral leasing — Whether Alaska entitled to submerged lands along its Arctic Coa...
| Published in: | International Law Reports |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
2017
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781108159807.006 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S030906710002548X |
| Summary: | 698 Sea — Territorial sea — Submerged lands — Sovereignty over submerged lands along Alaska’s Arctic Coast — United States and State of Alaska claiming ownership — Submerged lands rich in oil — Right to offer lands for mineral leasing — Whether Alaska entitled to submerged lands along its Arctic Coast — Applicability of normal baseline principles under Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, 1958 — Islands — Definition — Requirement that land be above water at mean high tide — Whether small gravel and ice formation known as Dinkum Sands constituting an island — Federally reserved lands — Whether submerged lands within National Petroleum Reserve and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge passing to Alaska at statehood — The law of the United States |
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