Decree-Law No. 47.771 supplementing Law 2.130 of 1966 concerning the Terrirorial Sea and the contiguous zone

(b) Decree-Law N° 47,771 of 27/06/67 ~here~s it has hecnMe necessarv to define straioht closin~ lines ~nd baselines to supnlement the has~line for the continental Euro~e~n coast and the coasts of th~ Provinces of Guineft, Anqola, and '10zar1hi0.ue ~<;tablishi:rl in ~ertion I, Article 1. cf Lw ~lo. 213'.) of •',vnus t ? 2 , 1 'JGG.: ::v virt1.H' nf Sectinn r .• l\rticlc 2, ther"eof, ?.y virtur of th~ at1t!10rftv conferred under /\rticle l'J9 (2) (l} of thP ("lns ti tut ion, the fiov~rnmr.nt decr<?ec;. .' d l he.r~bv nro.rnt..t lMt~ t 1.\~ f n I 1 '"l1·1 i n n 1 a ,,1 . r-rticlc l flo~~ the cnntin~ntal [uronPan coast ~nd the coast of the Provinces of (;uine.;, r,11,,11li1, ;,,nd r1oza'.'!'liique, the norT"lal baseline for r.ieasurinQ the breadth 0f thl.! tr.rritoriJl sea, estr1blisl1ed in Section I of L<1w 'J-:,. 2130, shall ~e sunnlemented by the straiqht closinq lines and baselines defined bv th~ noints whose ~eonranhic coordinates are contained in the fo1lowinn tables: ' (3) Str~ioht closin~ li~~s and baselines sunolementin~ the normal hRseline in An~ola: · roints Lr1 ti Lude S. • Lonai tude i:-~. ?onta ~ri, 'hhe rta ................... !)?,0 35• nl)" ,:r '22' "I :i" P<lint. of dna da Luanda .•..••••••••. Q;)O ti 5 I 31" l 3° 1 5 I -13" Point on il ha de Lut1nda .......... ' ., ,. !180 47' 02" 13° 13 I 54" D0i11: s. of ponta do ~1ossulo ...••... 09° 52' 42'' 130 07 1 t,2" Girr1ul ............•................. 15° 03' 02" 12° !)6' 40" 8r1rreircs flr?.ncas ..••••......••••••. 15° 13 I 1')0" 12° Q,1' 07" Prair1 rln ~l.:1vin . 0 - • - - • T • • • T • T .... • • .. T l 6° l-1 1 09" 1l 0 d. BI ()0" P.0int C: of riont;,, da '\r1rca .........• 16" 1'' 39 11 11 ° 40 1 20" , - ... The rJecree creates strai11ht bnselincs which, in effect, enclose Lu.andc harbour arid its as::0ciatrd 1i,~t0rs:, u,~ Gay (R~ia dP.) "C'lss;rnedes, and the Biv (:,Jiil oos) Tiqros. Thf' latter t1Y(• ~-:.::-:: ,~;-(' <;~tl!>tPd fr, <:.01 1th1.J<?Stern '-,n.,01.:I, ne,r the Snuth-WPst Afr,c~ frcntier. situated the Lennth (n.m,) Comments ··--------·-·----------~~-~~---------------~ Ponta S~ilimbcrta - unnarn~d noint on Luanna 1,land llnr,am<'!d noint on Lv~nd,11 is1~nd ~ unna~ed no1nt Sl'.lutn of ranta ''vssolci i,iraul - r.arr~iras Drancas Pr-aia do 11;,.,,,io " vnnArnei.l no1 nt S(')Uth of l"onta da '111rca 12. 75 S.2S 5.5 (.0.3 The line closes the ~av of ~~no0 to the northeast of Luanda. Oen~o 0oes not. meet. t.he ~t-mi-r,;irr.;utdrilv requirement of the 1958 Geneva Co:1 vcntion on t~e Territorial Seo and Conti~1Jous 7.one to riual ify as II bey even if the w~tcrs behind luand~ islan(j are included. Jhe polnt.~ 1.hosc:n do not c0Mastltut11 t~I? ''natural closinQ points" of the bay; rath~r they extend bevond, However, th~ waters enclosed by the line would meet the criteria of a bay. It has not been detel"tllinerl if the t1-10 water oocllt':. enclosed by the two seqments could together be a leqal bi\Y, U.ianda Island, however. can not be said to frinne the C0J1.t. The southern no1nt of this hay*closinri 1ine is heyMr1 the natural closino no1nt of the bay, It is a 1erial hil.v. The enclosed !\aia dos. Ti!lres ls a \'l~oqnrnhicl'll ""d 1eoa1 bay althouqh the "natural entrance points." have not been utilized bv the closing line. More locrical se1ectfons wou·ld extend the line frorri Ponta da r:arca eastward to th·e~·nnnosite sho.-.e. A11" ·of· thls":;hr;:l"e north of the 1atter noint faces on the Athnt'ic t"~thl?.- th11n tne bay. The f('l1,1r s•1or11: sc0rrir.rnts created t,y the decree total onl.v 46.F! n.Jutic11l f'lile~ in lon,ith. Tl1e tot,,l n.1t11ral cn,nt 1iM of fl.nM1a, includinri C"hinda, is nr~11t~'" t"l;in P.flO n11utic<1l miles. 8(!1ativ,.ly snf!;i.kinq, the has.elines. rcnreserit a very 5'1':1\)1 00rtior1 or tki: co,,5t. <.1Mi,.,,., r:,ff nH1n•11l indentation'.\ on an otlicr,•lise fQa,;;urel1HiS. ~hor,:linf!,