The Albania–Italy Boundary Agreement is a 1992
treaty between
Albania and
Italy in which the two countries agreed to
delimit a
maritime boundary between them in the
continental shelf
A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea. Much of these shelves were exposed by drops in sea level during glacial periods. The shelf surrounding an island ...
.
The treaty was signed in
Tirana on 18 December 1992. The text of the treaty sets out
boundary in the
Strait of Otranto
The Strait of Otranto ( sq, Ngushtica e Otrantos; it, Canale d'Otranto; hr, Otrantska Vrata) connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea and separates Italy from Albania. Its width at Punta Palascìa, east of Salento is less than . The st ...
composed of 16 straight-line
maritime segments defined by 17 individual coordinate points. The boundary represents an approximate equidistant line between Italy and Albania. The northernmost point of the boundary forms a maritime
tripoint with
Montenegro; the southernmost point forms a maritime tripoint with
Greece. The treaty is unique among maritime boundary treaties in that it allows any dispute regarding the boundary to be referred by either of the countries to the
International Court of Justice if it cannot be resolved by diplomatic means within four months.
[Charney, Jonathan I. ''et al.'' (2005). ''International Maritime Boundaries,'' p. 3302]
The full name of the treaty is ''Agreement between Albania and Italy for the determination of the continental shelf of each of the two countries''.
Notes
References
* Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). ''International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas.'' Routledge: New York.
OCLC 54061586* Blake, Gerald Henry and Duško Topalović. (1996). ''The Maritime Boundaries of the Adriatic Sea.'' Durham, United Kingdom:
International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU).
OCLC 246246871*
Charney, Jonathan I., David A. Colson, Robert W. Smith. (2005). ''International Maritime Boundaries,'' 5 vols. Hotei Publishing: Leiden. ; ; ; ;
OCLC 23254092
External links
Full text of agreement
1992 in Albania
1992 in Italy
Treaties concluded in 1992
Albania–Italy border
Boundary treaties
Treaties of Italy
Treaties of Albania
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