The Cook Islands – France Maritime Delimitation Agreement is a

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in which the two states agreed to the

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of the

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between the

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and

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.Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). ''International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas,'' pp. 297, 595; Charney, Jonathan I. ''et al.'' (2005). ''International Maritime Boundaries,'' p. 1179. The treaty was signed at

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on 3 August 1990. The

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is approximately 650

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long and is a modified equidistant line. The treaty defines the boundary using seven straight-line

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segments defined by eight specific coordinate points. The official name for the treaty is ''Agreement on Maritime Delimitation between the Government of the Cook Islands and the Government of the French Republic''. It entered into force on the day it was signed.

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References

* Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). ''International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas.'' Routledge: New York.
OCLC 54061586
* Charney, Jonathan I., David A. Colson, Robert W. Smith. (2005). ''International Maritime Boundaries,'' 5 vols. Hotei Publishing: Leiden. ; ; ; ;
OCLC 23254092

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Full text of treaty
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