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Points of equidistance and eez12a
- 1. Equidistance in the Timor Sea Using Google Earth to find points of equal distance in the Timor Sea
- 2. East Timor Indonesia Jaco Island Timor Sea Leti Island Moa Island Lakor Island Miarang
- 3. Total 22.2 miles between Jaco Island and Leti
- 4. Point EQ2 is 20 miles from both Jaco and Leti
- 6. At 43.5 miles from Jaco the closest Indonesia island is Moa at 43.5 miles
- 7. At 60 miles Lakor is closer than Moa
- 8. To test points for equal distance you need two things: 1)a ruler and 2)geographic points to measure from
- 9. Google Earth provides both the Map and the Ruler
- 10. EQ9 is an important point
- 12. Summary
- 13. Points of equal distance are the foundation upon which politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen and lawyers argue. However, the points themselves are neither political nor legal. They are just points that are equal distance between two countries.
- 14. Joined together – an equidistance line
- 15. Lines of equidistance are the points of “equal distance” measured between the shorelines, or in some cases the baselines, of neighboring countries.
- 16. There is error in placing the ruler, or in the way Google Earth represents the Timor Sea. Even with these possible errors, the true line of equal distance in this area between Indonesia and East Timor is within 1/4 mile of this line
- 17. Superimpose Sunrise oil and gas field
- 18. Superimpose theTimor Sea Treaty JPDA
- 19. Thanks to ViewFromLL2 for the blog: “Google Earth Map for the Timor Sea Maritime Boundary Dispute” http://viewfromll2.com/2014/03/17/google-earth-map- for-the-timor-sea-maritime-boundary-dispute/
- 20. Thanks to Hydrographer.org for an objective analysis of Lines of Equidistance that includes: • precise data from NASA/JPL SWBD shoreline vectors • introduces the use of circles to show disregarded landmass • Equitable principles, analysis, and alternate proposals “Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries: a presentation for the ICJA/ILA Colloquium at University of New South Wales” 16 August 2014 Available at this website: www.hydrographer.org
- 21. Measuring La’o Hamutuk proposed alternate boundary
- 24. Source: La’o Hamutuk website: http://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/Boundary/2013/TSAre as2013en.gif
- 25. 3D analysis of water column and seabed
- 26. Zoom into line of Equidistance
- 27. Tilting to viewpoint below water surface
- 28. Please excuse my grade school graphics
- 29. Water column Ocean floor Ocean surface Seabed Showing 3d or vertical distinctions
- 30. “Line of Equidistance” Extending from surface through the water- column past the ocean floor and through the seabed Line of Equidistance
- 31. (Inside JPDA: ET 90%, Aus 10%)
- 32. In 1997 Indonesia and Australia agreed to separate the water column and the seabed in areas to the east and west of the Timor Gap
- 33. Gray area: rights are shared – Indonesian water column and Australian seabed
- 34. Add Sunrise
- 35. ‘ East Timor seeks to move the Maritime Boundary away from the line of Equidistance so that ALL of Sunrise is within its EEZ. To accomplish this East Timor seeks to negotiate with Australia a new Maritime Boundary
- 36. • Australia can give away its seabed rights, but cannot set or move the East Timor/Indonesian Maritime Boundary • To move the Maritime Boundary as proposed by Lao Hamutuk or by Lowe, Carleton, and Ward, East Timor must take Indonesian EEZ from Indonesia. • East Timor must negotiate the Maritime Boundary that separates the Indonesian/East Timor EEZ with Indonesia ‘ and
- 37. Illustrated again from a 2D map view: East Timor seeks to acquire ALL of sunrise by virtue of the claim that Sunrise is closer to East Timor than it is to Australia. About 83 miles closer.
- 38. However Sunrise is closer to Indonesia than it is to East Timor
- 39. To accomplish this acquisition East Timor seeks to move the Maritime Boundary so that ALL of Sunrise is within the Timor EEZ. Moving the Maritime Boundary means changing the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ).
- 40. CMATS gives East Timor jurisdiction over JPDA water column
- 41. CMATS gives East Timor jurisdiction over JPDA water column
- 42. This Maritime Boundary is an East Timor/Indonesia issue This Maritime Boundary is an East Timor/Australia issue This Seabed is an Australia/Indonesia issue