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II. Substantive International Law - Second Partv
1. TERRITORY OF STATES
1.2. Boundaries
1.2.2. Maritime Boundaries

¤ East Timor (Portugal v. Australia),
Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 1995, p. 90

[p. 110 S.O. Oda] In fact, Australia's original title to the continental shelf in the "Timor Gap" cannot be challenged at all by any State or by any people. Under the contemporary rules of international law, Australia is entitled ipso jure to its own continental shelf in the southern part of the Timor Sea but at the same time a State which has territorial sovereignty over East Timor, and which lies opposite to Australia at a distance of roughly 250 nautical miles, has the title with respect to the continental shelf off its coast in the northern part of the "Timor Gap" (see sketch-map: vertical hatching). How far each continental shelf extends is determined not in geographical terms but by the legal concept of the continental shelf.