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Which is a 'rock'under the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)?

Article 121(3) of UNCLOS provides that "rocks which cannot sustain human habitation or economic life of their own shall have no exclusive economic zone or continental…

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Which is a 'rock'under the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)?

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Article 121(3) of UNCLOS provides that "rocks which cannot sustain human habitation or economic life of their own shall have no exclusive economic zone or continental shelf". Size is not the test, and a rock still has a territorial sea and contiguous zone, so it is not without any maritime zone.

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