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" A low-tide elevation is a naturally formed area of land which is surrounded by and above water at low tide but submerged at high tide. Where a low-tide elevation is situated wholly or partly at a distance not exceeding the breadth of the territorial sea from the mainland or an island, the low-water line on that elevation may be used as the baseline for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
➡ 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.
➡ a naturally formed offshore land feature (such as mudflat, shoal, rock, or reef ) within a distance of not more than 12 nautical miles from the low-water line of the mainland or an island, which is surrounded by water and visible at low tide but submerged at high tide.
➡ the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands
➡ a liquid without colour, smell or taste that falls as rain, is in lakes, rivers and seas, and is used for drinking, washing, etc
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