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Navigational Regimes of Particular Straits, Bosporus and Dardanelles case study

These straits, also known as the Turkish Straits or the Black Sea Straits, connect the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea via the Sea of Marmara. The Bosporus connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara, while the Dardanelles connects the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara. The Bosporus is about 17 miles long and varies in width between one-third and 2 miles. The Dardanelles is about 35 miles long, its width decreases from 4 miles at the Aegean to about 0.7 miles at its narrowest; its depth varies from 160 to 320 feet. The Sea of Marmara is about 140 miles long. Navigational Regimes of Particular Straits, Bosporus and Dardanelles case study, A map showing the Straits, Aegean sea, Black Sea Straits, Bosporus and Dardanelles, How deep is the Bosporus Dardanelles channel?, Montreux Convention, Sea of Marmara, The Dardanelles and Bosporus Passages, Turkish Straits, Who controls Black Sea?, Why are the Bosporus and Dardanelles important?, Why are the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits significant

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what is the meaning of INTERNATIONAL STRAITS and its legal issues (typology and rules)

IILSS 11th April 2021 No Comments Åland Islands Åland Strait archipelagic waters Arctic Ocean Arctic waters Article 36 of the LOSC Atlantic Oceans Corfu Channel judgment Dardanelles Dover Strait EEZ international navigation international shipping international straits LOSC Montreux Convention non-suspendable innocent passage Osumi Strait right of innocent passage Strait of Gibraltar Strait of Magellan Straits of Malacca territorial sea territorialisation transit passage Turkish Straits

The straits under Part III of the LOSC contain two types of straits: straits to which the regime of transit passage applies and straits to which the right of innocent passage applies.
The first type concerns straits to which the regime of transit passage applies. In this regard, Article 37 provides: This section applies to straits which are used for international navigation between one part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone and another part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone. This provision contains two criteria for identifying international straits under Part III.
The first is the geographical criterion. Such straits are those connecting ‘one part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone and another part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone’. The second is the functional criterion, namely ‘straits used for international navigation’. Concerning the relationship between the two criteria, the ICJ, in the Corfu Channel case, seemed to consider that the geographical criterion provided the primary criterion… what is the meaning of INTERNATIONAL STRAITS and its legal issues (typology and rules), Åland Islands, Åland Strait, archipelagic waters, Arctic Ocean, Arctic waters, Article 36 of the LOSC, Atlantic Oceans, Corfu Channel judgment, Dardanelles, Dover Strait, EEZ, international navigation, international shipping, international straits, LOSC, Montreux Convention, non-suspendable innocent passage, Osumi Strait, right of innocent passage, Strait of Gibraltar, Strait of Magellan, Straits of Malacca, territorial sea, territorialisation, transit passage, Turkish Straits