INTERNATIONALCOUJUSTICE
PLEADINGS, ORAL ARGUMENTS, DOCUMENTS
CASE CONCERNING THE
CONTINENTAL SHELF
(LIBYANARAB JAMAHIRIYA/MALTA)
VOLUMEV
Maps, Chartillustrations
COUR INTERNATIDEJUSTICE
MÉMOIRES,PLAIDOlRIES ET DOCUMENTS
AFFAIRE
DU PLATEAU CONTINENTAL
(JAMAHIRIYARABE LIBYENNEIMALTE)
VOLUMEV
Carteset illustrations INTERNATIONAL COF JUSTICE
PLEADINGS,ORAL ARGUMENTS, DOCUMENTS
CASE CONCERNINGTHE
CONTINENTALSHELF
(LIBYANARAB JAMAHIRIYA/MALTA)
VOLUME V
Maps,Chartsand Illustrations
COUR INTERNATIODE JUSTICE
MÉMOIRES,PLAIDOIRIESET DOCUMENTS
AFFAIRE
DU PLATEAU CONTINENTAL
(JAMAHIRIYA ARABELIBYENNEIMALTE)
VOLUME V
Cartes et illustrations TABLE OF MAPS, CHARTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
This Table lists the maps, charts and illustrationsin the order of their appear-
ance within the written proceedings. In the margin, the ringed numerals cor-
respond to the numbering of the maps, charts and illustrations reproduced in
this Volume. The absence of any ringed numeral or reference to a Volume of
this edition signifies that the illustration in question has not been reproduced.
The Table also lists, with similar indications, the maps and charts deposited
during theoral proceedings which have been reproduced in this Volume. It does
not, however, list the maps and charts used during the hearing which had
alreadv aooeared in the written oroceedines or have not been renroduced in
thised;ti&, for which the rcadcr ihould turi to the text of thcoral arguments or
to the cones~ondence (Vols. III and IV).
The reproductions in this Volume are of a purely illustrative charactcr, and
neither the typography nor the praentaiion of the published maps, chdrts and
illustrations, which have sometimes had to be markedly scaled down, may he
used for the purpose of interpreting the texts reproduced
TABLE DES CARTES ET ILLUSTRATIONS
La présente table regrouoe toutes les cartes et illustrations des oièces de
procedure écrite.dans 170rd;ede leur présentationdans ces piéces.LC~ chiffres
cerclésfigurant en marge correspondent au numérotage descartes et illustra-
tions reproduites dans le présent volume. L'absence detout chiffre cercléou de
tout renvoi àun volume de la présente édition signifiequ'une carte ou une illus-
tration n'est pas reproduite.
Cette table comorend également. avec une telle indication. les cartes déoo-
stes au cours de laprocédwe orale qui sont reproduites dans le présentvoluke.
En re\,anche. la table n'énumércpas les canes utiliséesen audiencc qui figu-
raient déià dans desoiècesde oro&dure écriteou oui n'ont oas étérevÏodukes
dans la présenteédition, pouriesquelles on se reportera au téxtedes piaidoiries
et de la correspondance (vol. III et IV).
Les reoroductions du orésent volume n'ont au'un caractéred'illustration et
ni la typographie ni lapiésentation des cartes et illustrations publiées,qui ont
dû par!'oissubir de fortes r6ductions. ne sauraient êtreutiliséesaux fins de I'in-
terprétation des textes reproduits Memorial of the Libyan ArabJamahiriya
Volume 1
a Map 1. The Mediterranean Sea.
Map 2. International Bathymetric Chart of the Mediterranean: Sheet 8
@) (reduced copy).
Map 3. Thealtese Islands.
Map 4. Topography of the Maltese Islands.
Map 5. The Central Mediterranean showing the Coastof Libya.
@ Map 6. General geomorphological setting.
Photograph of the sea-hed model.
Figure 1. Slope map. (Source: F. Fabricius, 1982.)
Figure 2. Diagram of rifting and shearing.
Figur3. Contour map. (Source: F. Fabricius, 1982.)
@ Map 7. Maltese concessions as of 31 December 1971.
@ Map 8. Maltese proposal: July 1972.
@ Map 9. Libyan proposal: April 1973.
@ Map 10. Maltese concessions granted in 1974.
@ Map 11. Libyan concessions as of 31 December 1974.
Figure 4. lnterpretive diagram of the Rift Zone.
@
Map 12. The Central Mediterranean.
Map 13. Bathymetric chan with overlays showing:
(1) Maltese concessions granted in 1971.
(2) Maltese concessions granted in 1974.
Map 14. Third State delimitations with overlay showingm as
presented in the intervention proceedings.
Map 15.Bathymetric chan showing third State delimitations with Malta's
clairn as presented in the intervention proceedings.
Map 16. Bathymetric chan showing relevant coasts.
@ Map 17. Bathymetric chan with overlay of the Rift Zone.
Technical Annex to the Memorial of the
LibyanArab Jamahiriya
Parr II
Figure 1. Gravity profiles. (Source: After Finetti and Morelli, 1973.)
Figure 2. Medina Channel (or Graben) as shown on a seismic reflection
profile (MS-14).4 CONTINENTAL SHELF
Figure 3. Linosa Trough (or Graben) as shown on a seismic reflection profile
(MS-19).
Figure 4. Seismic profiles along MS-19 comparing post-Miocene tectonics
nonh and south of the parallel 35' Nonh.
Figure 5. Fault displacement analysis.
Figure 6. Fault displacement analysis.
Figure 7. Fault map of the Central Mediterranean showing hathymetriccorre-
lation. (Source:'J. E. van Hinte, D. Jongsma, J. M. Woodside, 1982.)
Figure 8. Location map of seismic lines.
Parr III
Figure 1. Seismic profile - Medina Graben.
Figure 2. Seismic profile - Sicily-Malta Escarpment.
Figure 3. Seismic profile- Medina Mounts: Medina (Malta) Ridge.
Figure 4. Seismic profile- Medina Bank and Escarpment.
Figure 5. Central Mediterranean - simplified structural mapof the top of the
Miocene. (Source: After Finetti, 1982.)
Figure 6. Central ~kditerranean - simplified structural mapof the top of the
Mesozoic. (Source: After Finetti, 1982.)
Figure 7. Faulting a!ong seismic line MS-19.
Part IV
Two photographs of the sea-bed model.
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DocumentaryAnnexes to the Memorial of
the LibyanArab Jamahiriya
Annex 5
Figure 1. ~istributiin of salinity within the core layer of Levantine inter-
mediate water in winter.
Figure 2. ~istributiAn of salinity within the core layer of Levantine inter-
mediate water in summer.
Figure 3. Longitudinal sections of salinity along the axis of the Levantine
flow.
Annex 7
Figure 6. Sicily Channel. Locationof seismic lines. Lines shown in Figures
15 and 16are underlined. Block triangles are suhmarine volcanism.
Annex 8
Map depicting settlement patterns in Malta. (Source: Landsat Satellite
Imageiy.) !
Annex 9 i
Map showing the position of Libya and Malta in the Central Mediterranean. TABLE OF MAPS ,HARTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Annex IO
Topographic map of Libya
Annex II
Figure 3. Tectonic sketch of the Suait of Sicily. (From Burollet, 1967.)
Annex 12
Figure 1. Neotectonics of the Alpine system.
Annex 33
@ Map No. 1 of the Libyan Petroleum Regulation No. 1 of 1955.
Annex 36
Map of Petroconsultants S.A. showing theltese concession situation as of
31 December 1970.
Map of Petroconsultants S.A. showing the Maltese concession situation as of
31 December 1974.
Map of Petroconsultants S.A. showing the Maltese concession situation as of
31 December 1975.
Map of Petroconsultants S.A. showing the Maltese concession situation as of
31 December 1976.
Annex 49
Map showing the area of seismic survey for Malta: 1974
Annex 65
Map attached to Maltese Note Verbale dated 21 November 1979 - Central
Mediterranean, showing area in whichrilling should stan.
Annex 101
Figure 7.18. Thickness (in metres) of post-glacial sedimentary infill (units 1
and 2) within Norwegian Channel. (From Van Weering etal., 1973.)
Figure 7.34. Distribution of pockmarks in the Fladen Ground; density in
numbers per nautical mile of echotrace. (From lansen, 1976.)
Figure 7.35. Map showing locations of seismic profiles across Norwegian
Channel. Water depths in metres. (Fromellevol and Sundvor, 1974.)
Figure 7.36. Line drawings of seismic profiler records across Norwegian
Channel. For location see Fieure 7.35. The scale shows thelooe for
sediment velocities 2.0 and5.0 km S.'. Control from refraction p;ofiles
and crossover points of reflection lines are indicated. (From Sellevol and
Sundvor, 1974.)
Annex 102
Figure 6. The system of ancien1 channels associated with the Hurd Deep.
Figure 7. Seismic profiles.
Figure 8. Profile along the axis of the Hurd Deep.
Figure 9. Profiles 26 to 36 across the south-western pan of the Hurd Deep,
showing the median ridge composed of sedimentary infill and the gradua1
shallowing of the deep.6 CONTIMNTAL SHELF
Annex 103
Cane illustrant l'accord entre le Gouvernement de la République italienneet
le Gouvernement de la Républiquetunisienne relatif à la délimitation
du plateau continental entre les deux pays. (Source: Gazetta uficiole,
No. 191, 10.7.1978(suppl. ordin.).)
Annex 104
Mediterranean Sea -Cap Bon to Tobmch. [See I.C.J. Pleadings, Continental
Shelf(Tunisia/Libyon Arab Jamahiriya), Vol. VI, Map 95.1
Annex IO5
Carte illustrant l'accord entre la Républiqueitalienne et la Républiquede
Grèce sur la délimitation des zones du plateau continental propres à
chacun des deux Etats. (Source: Senato della Repubblica, AttiParlamen-
rari, Legislaiura VII, p. 1443.)
Annex 106
Map No. 3 to the 1982ludgment in the Tunisia/Libyacase. [SeeI.C.J. Reports
1982, Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya), Judgment,
p. 90.1
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Volume III
1 Pocket Section with Maps
Reduced copy of the International Bathymetric Chart of the Mediterranean,
Sheet 8 ("IBCM").
Slope map. (Source: F. Fabricius, 1982.)
Fault map of the Central Mediterranean showing bathymetric correlation.
(Source: 1. E.van Hinte, D. Jongsma, J. M. Woodside, 1982.)
Central Mediterranean - simplified structural map of the top of the Miocene.
(Source: After Finetti, 1982.)
Central Mediterranean - simplified structural mapof the top of the Mesozoic.
(Source: After Finetti, 1982.)
General geomorphological settting.
l Mernorial of Malta
Volume 1
1. Reduced maps illustrating maritime delimitation agreements:
1. Denmark (Faroes)-Nonuay.
2. Bahrain-Iran.
3. Cuba-Mexico.
4. India-Maldiyes.
5. Cuba-Unite? States.
6. Colombia-D,ominicanRepublic.
7. Colombia-Haiti. TABLE OF MAPS ,HARTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
8. Dominican Repnblic-Venezuela.
9. United Kingdom (Trinidad)-Venezuela.
10. Babrain-Saudi Arabia.
11. Australia-Indonesia.
12. Indonesia-Singapore.
13. India-Sri Lanka.
14. Nonvay-United Kingdom (Shetland Islands).
15. India (Nicobar Islands)-lndonesia (Sumatra).
16. United States(Pueno Rico)-Venezuela.
17. India (Nicobar Islands)-Thailand.
18. Australia-France (New Caledonia).
19. Cnba-Haiti.
20. France (Wallis and Futuna Islands)-Tonga.
21. France (Remion)-Mauritius.
22. New Zealand (Cook Islands)-United States (American Samoa).
23. New Zealand (Tokelau Islands)-United States (American Samoa).
24. France (Maninique)-SI. Lucia.
25. Australia (Heard and McDonald Islands)-France (Kerguelen Islands).
26. Italy-Yugoslavia.
27. Italy-Tunisia.
28. Italy-Spain.
29. Greece-Italy.
2. Sketch maps:
@ Figure A. Maltese-Libyan coastal relationships.
@ Figure B. The trapezium.
VolumeII
Annexes to the Memorial of Malta
Annex 2
Concessions map - Malta offshore- Area No. 2
Annex 4
Mediterranean Sea- Cap Bon to Tobmch. (Map attached to the draft Delimita-
lion Agreement proposed by Malta on 12-13 July 1972.)
Annex 5
Mar Mediterraneo -Da Tnnisi a Derna e capo Matapan. (Map attached to the
draft Delimitation Agreement proposed by Libya on 23 April 1973.)
Annex 17
Central Mediterranean. (Reduced map attached to Malta's note to Libya of
21 December 1979.) CONTINENTAL SHELF
Volume III
Maps
Map 1. Map showi& area where exploration by Malta has been carried out,
with Texaco well marked "X".
Map 2. Map showing Malta's baselines.
Map 3. Map showing area covered by Maltese concessions giving details
of concessions to the south, and showing also Libyan concessions over-
lapping Maltesi?concessions or extending heyond the median line.
Map 4. Map showing Kanniuari lines as drawn by Maltese fishing authori-
lies for allocation to Maltese fishermen.
Map 5. Map showin'garea covered by certain Maltese fishing activities (long-
line fishing anditrawiing).
Counter-Mernorial of the Libyen Arab
Jarnahiriya
Volume 1
Map 1. British ~dmiralt~ charts. (Mediterranean Sea. Isola di Lampedusa to
Capo Passero, includingMalta. No. 2124.)
@ Map 2. Maltese basilines.
Map 3. Bathymetric map of the Central Mediterranean.
Map 4. General geomorphological setting.
Photograph of the sea-bed model. North/south view showing northern and
southern units of the Pelagian Sea.
Map 5. Saudi Arabia-Sudan delimitation.
Map 6. Geological map. (Source: Institut français du pétrole(IPP)- Centre
national pour l'exploitation des océans (CNEXO).)
Figure 1. Schematic geological cross-section- Sirt to Ionian Abyssal Plain.
Table 1. Gross national product per head for middle income countries -
World Bank 1981. (Sources: IBRD, World Developmenr Reporr 1983,
pp. 148-149; Economic Survey, Economic Division, Office of the Prime
Minister, Malta, 198.)
Table 2. Contributions to foreign exchange earnings by tourism 1979-1981.
(Source: Economic Survey, Economic Division, Office of the Prime
Minister, May, 1982, pp. 62, 26.)
Table 3. Contribution to GDP by industrial origin, Malta 1979-1981.
(Source: Economic Survey, Economic Division, Office of the Prime
Minister, Malta, 1981, p. 16.)
Table 4. Landings 8f fresh fish in Malta. (Sources: Colonial Office, Blue
Books, Governinent Printing Office, Valletta, 1938; Government of
Malta, Deparrmenr ofAgriculture, Government hinting Office, Valletta,
1951, 1952; Malra Handbook, 1980; Department of Fisheries, Valletta,
1982.)
Table 5. Fishing labour force. (Sources: Colonial Office, Annual Reports,
Government Rinting Office, Valletta. 1928-1929; Malra Handbook,
1980, p. 84; Department of Fisheries, Valletta, December 1982.)
! TABLEOF MAPS CHARTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 9
Table 6. Maltese fisbing fleet. (SourcF. Wilbelmsen, Morsarlokk: An
Ethnogrophy of a Maltese Fishing Village (Phd Anthropology), Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, United States, 1976; Department of Fisheries, Valletta,
August 1981, December 1982; Malta Handbook, 1977, p. 125; T. W.
Burdon, Report on the Fishing Industry of Malta, Govemment Printing
Office, 1954; Malta Handbook, 1980, p. 84; E. Zammit, The Economic
Significance of Fish and Fisheries in Malta (BA Economy (Hons.)),
Royal University of Malta, Table II.)
Table 7. Ranking of island States by gross national product-pWorldad
Bank 1981. (Sources: IBRD, World Developrnenr Report 1983: Econo-
mic Survey, Office of the Pnme Minister, Malta, 1982.)
Map 7. Anglo-French arbitration boundary.
Map 8. Norway-Denmark delimitation.
Map 9. India-Maldives delimitation.
Map 10. Australia-France (New Caledonia) delimitation.
Map II. Australia-lndonesia delimitation.
Map 12. Italy-Yugoslavia delimitation.
Map 13. Italy-Tunisia delimitation.
Map 14. Italy-Spain delimitation.
Map 15. Japan-Korea delimitation.
Map 16. France-Spain delimitation.
@ Map 17. Bathymetric map of the Central Mediterranean showing Malta's
equidistance line.
@ Diagram A.
@ Map 18. Bathymetric map of the Central Meditemanean showing the Maltese
trapezium.
Annex. A critique of the "trapeziurn exercise"
@ Map A. Map showing the constmction of a series of possible trapeziums on
the Maltese basic Figure A.
Map B. Attempt to illustrate the application of the trapezium to other,
neighbounng delimitations.
Volume Il
Annex of Delimitation Agreements
Part I
Map showing general geomorphological setting of the present case.
Location map of delimitation agreements.
Maps illustrating delimitation agreements:
1. United Kingdom (Trinidad and Tobago)-Venezuela.
2. Chile-Pem.
3. Ecuador-Pem.10 1 CONTINENTAL SHELF
4. Nonvay-Soviet Union.
5. Bahrain-Saudi Arabia.
6. Guinea-Bissau -Senegal.
7. Netherlands-Federal Republic of Germany.
S. ~orwa~-~nited Kingdom.
9. k in land-Sov inion.
10. Denmark-Federal Republic of Germany.
II. NetherlanlUnited Kingdom.
12. Denmark-Norway.
13. United Kingdom-Denmark.
14. ~tal~-~u~oslavia.
15. Abu Dhabi-Eubai.
16. Norway-Sweden.
17. Iran-Saudi Arabia.
18. German ~ehocratic Republic-Poland.
19. Abu Dhabi-Qatar.
20. Poland-Soviet Union.
21. Iran-Qatar.
22. Indonesia-Malaysia.
23. Mexico-United States.
24. Australia-Indonesia.
25. Bahrain-Iran.
26. Italy-Tunisia.
27. Federal ~eiublic of Gemany-United Kingdom.
28. Indonesia-Thailand.
29. Indonesia-Tailand-Malaysia.
30. Brazii-Umguay.
3 1.Finland-Sweden.
32. Argentina-Umguay.
33. Canada-Denmark.
34. France-Spain.
35. Japan-Republic of Korea.
36. Italy-Spain.,
37. sudan- a Aurbiadi
38. India-Sri Lanka.
39. Federal ~eiublic of Germany-German Democratic Republic
40. Iran-Oman.,
Part Il
41. lndia-lndoiesia.
42. Iran-United Arab Emirates (Dubai). TABLE OF MAPS, CHARTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
43. The Gambia-Senegal.
44. Colombia-Ecuador.
45. Morocco-Mauntania.
46. Kenya-Tanzania.
47. Cuba-Mexico.
48. Colombia-Panama.
49. India-Maldives.
50. Colombia-Costa Rica.
51. Italy-Greece.
52. Cuba-Haiti.
53. Cuba-United States.
54. Colombia-Dominican Republic.
55. Colombia-Haiti.
56. United States-Venezuela.
57. Netherlands-Venezuela.
58. India-lndonesia-Thailand.
59. India-Thailand.
60. Australia-Papua New Guinea.
61. Dominican Republic-Venezuela
62. Denmark-Norway.
63. France-Tonga.
64. Costa Rica-Panama.
65. France-Mauritius.
66. United States-Cook Islands.
67. France-Venezuela.
68. New Zealand-United States.
69. France-SI. Lucia.
70. Iceland-Nonvay.
71. France-Australia.
VolumeIII
DocumentaryAnnexes(withPocketSection
of Mapsl
Annex 4
Figure 17. Pour toutes les stations centrales (entre seuil oriental et seuil
occidental) moyennes des pourcentages de saturation en oxygène en
fonction de la profondeur; le tiréhorizontal correspond a I'ècan type sur
la moyenne, le nombre de mesures sur lesquelles pone la moyenne est
indique à côté du tiré; pour le calcul les immersions réelles ont été
arrondies aux valeurs standard lesplus proches. La saturation est détemi-
née enutilisant la table de valeurs extrapolées par F. Varlet et C. Leroy, a
partir des résultats de Carpenter. 12 CONTINENTALSHELF
Pocket secrion maps
The Mediterranean Sea with existing delimitation agreements
The Central Mediterranean showing the Coastof Libya.
General geomorphological setting.
Photograph of sea-hed model (eastlwest view).
l
Counter-Mernorial of Malta
Volume 1
Map 1. International Bathymetric Chart of the Mediterranean: Sheet 8 (re-
@ dnced copy)- IBCM.
Figure 1. Bathymetric profile along the Malta meridian (appr30'E).'
Drawn from the IBCM plotting sheets.
Figure 2. Profile showing cross-sections taken from IBCM.
Figure 3.Seismic section across the Sicilian Channel.
Figure 4. Schematic section across the Malta Graben.
Map 2. Map showin; equidistance lines estahlished hy agreement in the
Mediterranean. ,
Reduced Map No. 1. lllustrating the North Sea, ils major stmctural features
and agreed delimitation lines.
@ Map 3.Bathymetric map showing equidistance line hetween Malta and Libya
and Maltese concessions in 1971, 1974 and 1981.
Map 4. Bathymetric map showing the Libyan "1973" line and the "Rift
@ Zone".
@ Figure 5. Diagrams A (receding trapezium apex) and B (advancing trapezium
apex).
@ Figure6. Mathematical relationship hetween areas of State 1 and State 2
show in Figure 5.
Reduced Map No. 2. lllustrating Denmark-Norway agreement concerning the
Faroes and showing a "proportionality" line.
Reduced Map No. 3.Illustrating Bahrain-Iran agreement and showing a "pro-
portionality" line.
Reduced Map No. 4. lllustrating Norway-United Kingdom agreement con-
cerning the Shetlands and showing a "proponionality" line.
Reduced Map No. 5. lllustrating India-Indonesia agreement concerning Nico-
bar and showing a "proponionalitline.
Reduced Map No. 6. Illustrating Denmark-Norway agreement.
Reduced Map No. 7. Illustrating Iran-Qatar agreement.
Reduced Map No. 8. Illustrating Denmark-United Kingdom agreement.
Reduced Map No. 9. Illustrating Iran-Oman agreement.
Reduced Map No. 10. lllustrating Australia-Papua New Guinea agreement.
Reduced Map No. l[. lllustrating Norway-United Kiugdom agreement and
indicating relevant controlling points. TABLE OF MAPS ,HARTS AN0 ILLUSTRATIONS 13
Reduced Map No. 12. lllustrating Bahrain-Iran agreement and indicating
relevant controlling points.
Reduced Map No. 13. lllustrating Denmark-United Kingdom agreement and
indicating relevant controlling points.
Reduced Map No. 14. Illustrating Italy-Spain agreement and indicating rele-
vant controlling points.
Reduced Map No. 15. lllustrating India-Indonesia agreement and indicating
relevant controlling points.
Volume II
Annexes to theCounter-Memorialof Malta
Annex 1
Reproduction of old prints showing views of Malta.
A view of the Malta drydocks.
A view of Marsaxlokk fishing fleet in harbour.
A view of pan of the yacht marina, Ta'Xbiex.
Annex 2
@ Figure 1. Bathymetric chan of the Pelagian Sea, simplified version of IBCM.
Figure 2. Bathymetric profile along the Malta meridian (approx. 14" 30' E).
Drawn from the IBCM plotting sheets.
Figure 3. Bathymetric sketch showing the five regions of the Pelagian Sea
descrihed in Part 1of this Annex.
Figure 4. Seismic reflection profile MS19 (nonhem pan).
Figure 5. Seismic reflection profile MSl9 (central pan).
Figure 6. Seismic reflection profile MS19 (southem pan).
Figure 7. Bathymetric map of the southem slope of the Linosa Trough.
Figure 8. Bathymetric map of the Pelagian Sea south of Malta.
Figure 9. Seismic reflection profile MS14.
Figure 10. Extract of the bathymetric map of the Malta Escarpment surveyed
hy Multiheam Sounding (seabeam method).
Figure 11. Seismic reflection profile MS26.
Figure 12. Seismic reflection profile MS21.
Figure 13. Model of a simple rifting system.
Figure 14. Geotectonic model of opening.
Figure 15. Table of paleomagnetic measurement carried out in Sicily.
Figure 16. Paleolatitude- declination diagram.
Figure 17. Effect of an anticlockwise rotation on the geotectonic models.
Figure 18. Two possible configurations of a zone rifting by an anticlockwise
rotation of the nonhem block.
Figure 19. The main fracture network of the Pelagian block iaken from the
bathymetric chan (IBCM). 14 CONTINENTAL SHELF
Figure 20. Theoreticil model of rifting showing that the same extension
could be obtained by means of two faults with a large displacement or
numerous faults with small displacements.
Figure 21. Theoretical model of rifting showing that arger extension couid
be obtained with several shallow troughs than with a single deep trough.
Figure 22. Theoreticalscheme showinghowto calculate the amountof rifting
by cancelling fracture displacemens.
Figure 23. lnlerpretation of seismic line MS19.
Figure 24. South-west section of seismic line MS19.
Annex 4 l
Sketch map showing approximate outlines of exclusive economic zone ofthe
United States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the
Nonhern Mariana Islands and United States overseas possessions. (Based
on map publishedby United States Geological Suwey, Depanment of the
Interior, to show compilation of subsea energy and mineral resources
(MP-1360) but not drawn to determine legal boundaries.)
Annex 5
Reduced Map No. 16. Extract from Petroconsultants synopsis map of Libya,
1976. i
Reduced Map No. 17!Extract from amap published by the Perroleum Econo-
misr in Opec Oil Report- December 1977.
Reduced Map No. 18. Map showing Tunisian concessions on 31 December
1974 reproduced from Annex 9 of the Libyan Counter-Memorial in
Tunisia/Libya case.
ObSe~ati~nS by Malta upon the Applica-
tion by itaiy to intemene
i
Annex 24 1
Map showing Maltese concessions in 1974 and 1981 and Libya-Malta equi-
distance line. [See Map No. 19.1
Oral Arguments on Application for Permis-
! sionto Intemene
@ Carta indicativa dellapiattaformacontinentale italiana. (Edited by the Istituto
ldrografico della Marina, Genoa, January 1984, Direttore A. Civetta,
Capitano di Vascello. No. 137611.)
Reply of the LibyanArab Jamahiriya
Map 1. General geomorpbological setting (pocket section).
Map 2. 1971 Maltese concessions.
Map 3. Iceland-Norwa1 delimitation. TABLE OF MAPS CHARTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 15
Map 4. Mauritius-France delimitation.
Map 5. Australia-Indonesia delimitation.
Map 6. France-St. Lucia delimitation.
Map 7. Geographical comparison: Libya-Malta; India-Indonesia.
Map 8. Malta's claim of overlapping uatural prolongations.
Map 9. Comparison of Rift Zone to Cenual Trough and Ridge System.
@ Figure 1. Reproduction of bathymetric Figure 1 to Maltese Counter-Memo-
rial, Annex 2.
Map 10. Axial ridge line within the Rift Zone.
@
Map II. General geomorphological map(with the Rift Zone and third State
delimitations).
Map 12. General geomorphological map (adding Libya3s 1973 proposal).
Map 13. General geomorphological map (adding the axial ridge line).
Annex 3-c
Map accompanying Act No. 58 of 23 Septemher 1974.
Annex 3-e
Reduction of map published by the NOC in 1975.
Annex 5
Figure 2. Seismic profiles of the Medina and Malta Channels:
Medina Channel (or Graben) alo-a line MS-14. (After Finetti.)
Medina Graben (Miocene to Quatemary rifting) along line MS-14.
(Finetti, 1984.)
Medina-Malta Channel. (See Figs. 7 and 98, Jongsmeral., 1984.)
Annex 6
Figure 1. Simplified tectonic framework of the Mediterranean region.
(longsma, van Hinte and Woodside.)
Annex 7
Figure 13. Residual gravity map of the Pelagian Sea.
Figure 15. Comparison of rifting in the Red Sea and the Sicily Channel Rift
Zone.
Annex 8
Comparison of the Medina Channel and the Jerrafa Trough:
Location map.
Profiles.
Annex 9-a
Bathymetnc profiles prepared under the direction of Professor F. Fabricius:
Location map.
Profile A.
ProfileB. 16 CONTINENTAL SHELF
Annex9-b
Bathymetric profiles prepared by the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
under the direbtion oB.F. Ryan:
From Ras Ajdir to Gozo along the western edge of the Maltese trapezium.
From Gozo al&the eastern edge of the Maltese trapezium to its inter-
section with the Maltese equidistance line.
Reply of Malta
Map 1. Showing the major stmctural features and the agreed boundaries in
the North Sea.
Map 2. Showing the agreed boundaries in the gulf.
Map 3.Showing the delimitation between France and the United Kingdom in
the Atlantic region.
@ Reproduction of Diagram A of the Libyan Counter-Memorial.
@ Figure A. i
@ FigurB.
@ Diagram A. Adjacent States on a regular coast.
@ Diagram B. Conveiging coasts in a gulf with a land boundary terminus at the
apex.
@ Diagram C. Laterally related coasts abutting on a shelf extending seawards
from the coasts.
Diagram D. Three adjacent States on a concave coast.
@
@ DiagraE. Adjacent States with converging coasts in an asymmetrical gulf
with a land %undary terminus located atone side of the gulf.
1 Oral Arguments
Maps, Chartsand Illustrations Pbysented
Malta
@ Figure 4. Continental shelf delimitations Italy-Tunisia and Italy-Greece.
Figure 5. Sicily-Malta and Medina Escarpments.
@
@ Figur6.Arcs of ki200nautical miles radius drawn from representative
Libyan and Maltese basepoints.
@ Figure 7. The trapithe context of the Maltese and Libyan coastlines.
@ Figur8.The ~ibian 1973 line and Malta's 25 mile exclusive fishing zone.
Figur9.Libyan shelf on the hasis of equidistance.
@
@ Figure II. ~albaselines and basep-ishown also on inset, and
Libyan basepoints.
@ Figure 12. Arcs of200nautical miles radius drawn from main Maltese
and Libyan basepoinfs.
Figure 13. Reproduction on basic map of Map 13 of Libyan Reply.
@ TABLOF MAPS,HARTS ANILLUSTRATIONS 17
@ .Figure 26. Reproduction of Figure B of Maltese Memorial.
@ Figure 41. Median line between Malta and Libya. Median line between Italy
and Libya. The "Rift Zone".
@ Figure 42. Map illustrating twithin and following the general
direction of the Rift Zone is equitable.
Figure 43. Map showing an Italy-Libya, a Malta-Libya median line and a
@ half-effect line.
Maps, Chartsand illustrationsPresentedby
the LibyanArab Jamahiriya
Figure 2. Map showing the relevant areas of continental shelf and the
@ abutting coasts of the Parties.
@ Figur7.Map illustrating that the greater length of Libya's coast does not
materially affect the amount of area attributed to Libya's coast.
@ Figure 68. Map showing a set of lines which constitute the relevant area in
the Libyan view.
Figure 69. Map showing a set of lines which constitute the relevant area in
@
the Libyan view.
@ Figure 96. Map showing radial projections to Crete, Greece and Albania.
@ Figure 97. Diagram showing how inequitable the equidistance principle is in
the situation of unequal coasts.
@ Figure 98. Diagram showing radial projections.
@ Figur99.Diagram demonstrating that the one t- the quarter
share-is broadly tme within the triangle.
Figur100.Sketch illustrating a hypotbetical example of the inequitability of
@ an equidistance line.
@ Figur103.Map showing the Maltese Trougb extending to the east of a red
line representing a direct line from Gozo to Ras Ajdir.
@ Figure 104. Map showing the areas of shelf which a given line would allocate
to each Party within the relevant area.MAPS, CHARTSAND
ILLUSTRATIONS
CARTES
ET ILLUSTRATIONS FRANCE
SPAIN WESTERN
Mercalor RoiectDn
Su.*mi..<0.W
I:9,1ffi.mMap7Rift Zone Medino(Malta)Ridge
1nterpretive.Diagram of the RiftZone.
SOURCE:Aiier vanHinte,J.E.;Jongsma,D.;andWoodside,J.M.
(1982)
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CARTE BATHYMETRIOUE INTERNATIONALE IllERWVERNMEND TCWRlPHlC WMMlSSlON
INTERNATIONALBATHYMETRlCCHART
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THE TRAPEZIUM
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FOR ILLUSTRATIVE
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and
MALTESE CONCESSIONS IN 1971,1974,AND 1981 "OZ
.OC
.SC MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
AREAS OF STATE 1 AND 2 SHOWN IN FIG.5
Receding Trapezium Apex
~reaor ~raperirn = heixhaveragelengtor parallesides.
State t receding
AreaA = h(Ci (Fig. 1)
2 ' /Y\
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DIAGRAM B - 3a+ b
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Map !FIGURE A
States Iln
StateIFIGURE B
State II
.-.-.
State I-
Diagram A
-djacent States on a Regular Coast
-iagram B
Convergbg Coasts in Gulfwith a Land
Boundary Terminus at the AmDiagram C
LaterallRelated Coasts Abuttion a Shelf
Extendinq Seawardsfrom the Coastsl-Diagram D
/ Three AdiacenStates on a Concave CoastAdjacent States with Convergins Coasts
in an Asymmetrical Gulf with a Land
Boundarv Terminus Located at one
side of the Gulf
State2 GENERALBATHVMETRlCSElTING
Mercator Projedion
Scale accurate at 34'40 N
15
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Siciiy-Malta and Medina Escarpments 10 15
GENERAL BATHYMETRICSETllNG
35
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Arcs of circle 200 nautical miles radius drawn frorn representative Libyan and
Maltese basepointsThe Trapezium in the context ofthe Maltese and Libyan coastlinesFigureThe Libyan 1973 line and Malta's25 mileexclusive fishing zone15
Figure 8 THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN
- Mercator Projection
Scale accurateat 34'40 N
1:5650 O00
O NAUTICAL MILES
1
OKILOMETRES 1W 100
.
Q k
Ohtdtsia
Libyan Shelf on the basis ofequidistance 10
15
Figure 9 15
lTAl
THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN
-
Mercator Projection
Scale accurate a34'40 N
1:5650 O00
O NAUTICAL MILES
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Malta'sbaselines and basepoints - shown also on inset, and
Libyan basepoints XI 25
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Figure 11Arcsof circle 200 nautical miles radius drawn hm main Maltese and
Libyan basepoints25
Figure 12 10
Mercator Projection
Scale accurate at 34*40 N
95
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10 1,
Reproduction on basic Mapof Map13 of Libyan Reply THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN
Mercator Projection
Scale accurate at 34'40 N
1:5650 000
..
10 15
Median Une between Malta and Libva.
Median line herween Italyand LibG.
The "Rif tone". GENERAL BATHYMETRIC SmlNG
Mercator Projection
Scale accurateat 34'40 N
1:5650 O00
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P
1015
Figure 42THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN
Mercator Projection
Scale accurate at34'40 N
1:5 650 000
O NAUTICAL MILES
O KILOMETRt100ISLAND ISLAND1 ISLAND
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