" Where the distance between the low-water marks of the natural entrance points of a bay exceeds 24 nautical miles, a straight baseline of 24 nautical miles shall be drawn within the bay in such a manner as to enclose the maximum area of water that is possible with a line of that length."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
β‘ line along the coast of a coastal State as marked on large-scale charts officially recognised by the coastal State which acts as the starting point for measuring the breadth of the sea around a coastal state.
β‘ An area of the sea or a large lake, partly surrounded by a wide curve of land. In international fisheries law, it is a well-marked indentation whose penetration is in such proportion to the width of its mouth as to contain land-locked waters and constitute more than a mere curvature of the coast, with its area as large as, or larger than, that of the semi-circle whose diameter is a line drawn across the mouth of that indentation.
β‘ connected with ships, sailors and sailing, seamanship, marine navigation.
β‘ a unit used in measuring distances at sea, equal to 1,852 metres (approximately 2,025 yards), or one minute of arc along the Earthβs equator.
β‘ a liquid without colour, smell or taste that falls as rain, is in lakes, rivers and seas, and is used for drinking, washing, etc