States as international persons — Composite and dependent States and territories — Unions of States — Federal States — Continental shelf — Natural resources of subsoil and sea bed — Oil fields — Boundariesbetween areas belonging to federal Government and component States — Territorial sea — Of States upon admission to federal union — State succession — Treaties — As evidence of seaward boundaries — Subsequent conduct of parties — Executive determinations — Conclusiveness of — Islands — Claim to, as evidence of breadth of territorial sea — Land and sea boundaries — Differences between — The law of the United States of America.

State succession — Succession to rights — Admission to federal union — Continental shelf — Territorial waters — Breadth and delimitation of — Natural resources of subsoil and sea bed — Oil fields — Federal State — Boundaries between areas belonging to federal Government and component States — Treaties — As evidence of seaward boundaries — Subsequent conduct of parties — Executive determinations — Conclusiveness of — Islands — Claim to, as evidence of breadth of territorial waters — Land and sea boundaries — Differences between — The law of the United States of America.

State territory — Parts of — Water boundaries — Territorial waters — Continental shelf — Natural resources of subsoil and sea bed — Oil fields — Federal State — Boundaries between areas belonging to federal Government and component States — State succession — States admitted to federal union — Treaties-As evidence of sea ward boundaries — Subsequent conduct of parties — Executive determinations — Conclusiveness of — Islands — Claim to, as evidence of breadth of territorial sea — Differences between land and sea boundaries — The law of the United States of America.

State territory — Parts of — Territorial waters — Breadth and delimitation of — Relationship to continental shelf — Natural resources of subsoil and sea bed — Oil fields — Federal State — Boundaries between areas belonging to federal Government and component States — Upon admission to federal union — State succession — Treaties — As evidence of seaward boundaries — Subsequent conduct of parties — Executive determinations Conclusiveness of — Islands — Claim to, as evidence of breadth of territorial waters — Land and sea boundaries — Differences between — The law of the United States of America.

State territory — Parts of — Continental shelf — Jurisdiction and control by federal State — Natural resources of continental shelf claimed by United States of America — Oil fields — Boundaries between areas belonging to federal Government and component States — Territorial sea — Of States upon admission to federal union — State succession — Treaties — As evidence of seaward boundaries — Subsequent conduct of parties-Executive determinations — Conclusiveness of — Islands — Claim to, as evidence of breadth of territorial sea — Land and sea boundaries — Differences between — The law of the United States of America.