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United States of America v. State of Alaska

United States of America.  19 June 1997 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

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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© Cambridge University Press 2017

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