Article 3

Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (2) to (4) of this Article, the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to Bermuda is measured shall be the low water line along the coast including the coast of all islands comprised in the Colony of Bermuda.

For the purposes of this Article a low-tide elevation which lies wholly or partly within the breadth of sea which would be territorial sea if all low-tide elevations were disregarded for the purpose of the measurement of the breadth thereof and if paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Article were omitted shall be treated as an island.

The baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured between a point on the coast at 32°15.2'N64°52.3'W inshore of Hogfish Cut and a point on the coast at 32°22.7'N64°39.7'W inshore of Town Cut, subject to paragraph 4 of this Article, shall be a line following, in a clockwise direction, the seaward limit of the highest areas, shown as awash on Admiralty Chart 334, of the main reef surrounding the area of deeper water to the west and north of the main group of islands of Bermuda.

Where there is a break or passage through the main reef referred to in paragraph (3) of this Article, a straight line joining the seaward entrance points of that break or passage shall constitute the baseline.

In this Article—

• the expression “island” means a naturally formed area of land surrounded by water which is above water at mean high-water spring tides; and

• the expression “low-tide elevation” means a naturally formed area of drying land surrounded by water which is below water at mean high-water spring tides.