Re: Territorial limits in the Great lakes and Caspian Sea

On May 31, 9:16 am, "Arved Sandstrom" <asandst...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Are there "International Waters" in the Great Lakes? What about the
Caspian Sea? The Sea of Azov?

the waters of the great lakes are split between the u.s. and canada. there
are no neutral areas. the border runs down the middle , except on michigan
which is all in the USA

As to the others, it seems that a quick Google muddies the waters quickly
(pun intended). The Caspian Sea is disputed, but rough sectors by all the
countries involved do exist. It is international waters in the sense that a
number of countries border upon it, but not international in the sense that
the US or South Africa or China can float ships in there.http://www.heritage.org/Research/MiddleEast/bg1582.cfm

As for the "Sea" of Azov (big shallow lake of Azov might be a better term)
there is no way that is international waters - it's too landlocked. In any
case it is shallow as hell - you could not operate anything large in there,
not when the deepest point is about 15 metres and the average depth is a bit
over 10 metres. It wouldn't be impossible, of course - a Newport class LST
could access much of the sea, as could anything smaller. As you're aware the
sea was active enough during WW2, at least as far as smaller vessels were
concerned.

AHS

Hudson Bay?

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