Snake Island had limited effect on maritime delimitation

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"Snake Island had limited effect on maritime delimitation" refers to the conclusion in a 2009 International Court of Justice judgment that this small Black Sea island should not significantly influence the drawing of maritime boundaries between Romania and Ukraine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial holding ⓘ
legal conclusion ⓘ
principle of maritime delimitation ⓘ
addressesDispute Romania–Ukraine maritime boundary dispute ⓘ
appliesInstrument United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
appliesTo maritime boundary between Romania and Ukraine ⓘ
benefitsState Romania ⓘ
characterizesFeatureAs small maritime feature ⓘ
citedIn scholarship on islands and rocks under UNCLOS Article 121 ⓘ
clarifiesStatusOf Snake Island as a base point of limited relevance ⓘ
concernsBodyOfWater Black Sea ⓘ
concernsState Romania ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
concernsTerritory Snake Island ⓘ
decidedBy International Court of Justice ⓘ
decisionDate 2009-02-03 ⓘ
derivedFromCase Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea (Romania v. Ukraine) ⓘ
geographicContext northwestern Black Sea ⓘ
impliesThat Snake Island is given reduced or no weight in drawing the boundary line ⓘ
Snake Island should not generate full maritime zones in delimitation with Romania ⓘ
institutionType principal judicial organ of the United Nations ⓘ
languageOfJudgment English ⓘ
legalField international law ⓘ
legalSubfield law of the sea ⓘ
limitsClaimOf Ukraine ⓘ
reasoningBasedOn avoidance of cut-off effects ⓘ
equidistance/relevant circumstances method ⓘ
proportionality between coastlines and maritime areas ⓘ
relatesToConcept continental shelf ⓘ
effect of islands in maritime delimitation ⓘ
equitable solution ⓘ
exclusive economic zone ⓘ
maritime delimitation ⓘ
seatOfCourt The Hague ⓘ
supportsPrinciple disproportionate effects of small features should be avoided ⓘ
treatsFeatureAs having limited influence on delimitation line ⓘ
usedAsPrecedentIn subsequent maritime delimitation jurisprudence ⓘ

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International Court of Justice ruling of 2009 → foundThat → Snake Island had limited effect on maritime delimitation ⓘ
"Snake Island had limited effect on maritime delimitation" → impliesThat → Snake Island should not generate full maritime zones in delimitation with Romania ⓘ
linked to: Snake Island had limited effect on maritime delimitation
"Snake Island had limited effect on maritime delimitation" → impliesThat → Snake Island is given reduced or no weight in drawing the boundary line ⓘ
linked to: Snake Island had limited effect on maritime delimitation