1993 United Kingdom–United States Maritime Boundary Treaties

British-American agreement on Caribbean territorial extents April 2022 1993 United Kingdom–United States Maritime Boundary Treaties Boundary delimitation 1993 11 05 y London, United Kingdom 1 June 1995 United Kingdom United States United Nations United Nations Secretariat English The 1993 United Kingdom–United States Maritime Boundary Treaties are two treaties between the United Kingdom and the United States which established a maritime boundary between British territories and American territories in the Caribbean Sea.Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas, p. 857; Charney, Jonathan I. et al. (2005). International Maritime Boundaries, pp. 2161–2170. Both treaties were signed in London on 5 November 1993. The first treaty delimits the boundary between the British territory of Anguilla and the United States Virgin Islands. The boundary is a simplified equidistant line that consists of a single maritime straight-line segment 1.34 nmi long. It is defined by a straight line connecting two individual coordinate points. The full name of the treaty is Treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on the Delimitation in the Caribbean of a Maritime Boundary between the US Virgin Islands and Anguilla. The second treaty delimits the boundary between the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The boundary is a simplified equidistant line that runs in a south–south-east direction until it terminates at the tripoint of Anguilla. It is far longer and more complicated than the Anguilla–U.S. Virgin Islands boundary: it is about 200 nmi long and consists of 49 straight-line segments defined by 50 individual coordinate points. The full name of the treaty is Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on the Delimitation in the Caribbean of a Maritime Boundary between Puerto Rico/US Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands. The two treaties entered into force on 1 June 1995 after they had been ratified by both states. Notes References Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas. Routledge: New York. 9781579583750; OCLC 54061586 Charney, Jonathan I., David A. Colson, Robert W. Smith. (2005). International Maritime Boundaries, 5 vols. Hotei Publishing: Leiden. 9780792311874; 9789041119544; 9789041103451; 9789004144613; 9789004144798; OCLC 23254092 External links Document with full texts of the treaties and maps Full text of first treaty (Anguilla – U.S. Virgin Islands) Full text of second treaty (British Virgin Islands – U.S. Virgin Islands/Puerto Rico) Maritime Boundary Treaties Maritime Boundary Treaties Maritime Boundary Treaties Category:Boundary treaties Category:Anguilla–United States Virgin Islands border Category:Borders of Puerto Rico Category:Borders of the British Virgin Islands Category:International borders Category:United Kingdom–United States relations Category:British Virgin Islands–United States Virgin Islands border Category:Treaties concluded in 1993 Category:Treaties entered into force in 1995 Category:United Kingdom–United States treaties Category:United Nations treaties Category:Treaties extended to Anguilla Category:Treaties extended to the British Virgin Islands Category:Treaties extended to the United States Virgin Islands Category:Treaties extended to Puerto Rico Category:November 1993 in the United Kingdom