# The Cayman Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 1989, Article 3


(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this article and in articles 4 and 5 below, the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea adjacent to the Cayman Islands is measured shall be the low-water line along the coast, including the coast of all islands comprised in the territory.
(2) 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 shall be treated as an island.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2397/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cayman-islands-territorial-sea-order-1989/article-3
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