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United States–Venezuela Maritime Boundary Treaty

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1978 treaty between the United States and Venezuela

United States–Venezuela Maritime Boundary Treaty
Maritime Boundary Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Venezuela Tratado de Límites Marítimos entre los Estados Unidos de América y la República de Venezuela
Map showing the maritime borders betweenVenezuela,Puerto Rico and theUnited States Virgin Islands.
Type	Boundary delimitation
Signed	28 March 1978 (1978-03-28)
Location	Caracas,Venezuela
Effective	24 November 1980
Parties	United States Venezuela
Depositary	United Nations Secretariat
Languages	English; Spanish

TheUnited States–Venezuela Maritime Boundary Treaty is a 1978treaty between theUnited States andVenezuela whichdelimits themaritime boundary betweenVenezuelan islands in theCaribbean Sea and the American territories ofPuerto Rico and theUnited States Virgin Islands.^[1]

The treaty was signed inCaracas on 28 March 1978. Theboundary set out by the text of the treaty is 298.7nautical miles (553.2 km; 343.7 mi) long and consists of 21maritime straight-line segments defined by 22 individual coordinate points. Two-thirds of the boundary is an equidistant line between the U.S. Virgin Islands andAves Island. The far eastern point of the boundary is atripoint with theNetherlands Antilles and the far western point is aquadripoint with the Netherlands Antilles and theDominican Republic.

The treaty came into force on 24 November 1980 after it had beenratified by both states. The full name of the treaty isMaritime boundary Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Venezuela (Spanish:Tratado de Límites Marítimos entre los Estados Unidos de América y la República de Venezuela).

Notes

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^Anderson, Ewan W. (2003).International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas, p. 882, p. 882, atGoogle Books; Charney, Jonathan I.et al. (2005).International Maritime Boundaries, pp. 691–703.

References

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Anderson, Ewan W. (2003).International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas. Routledge: New York.ISBN 9781579583750;OCLC 54061586
Charney, Jonathan I., David A. Colson, Robert W. Smith. (2005).International Maritime Boundaries, 5 vols. Hotei Publishing: Leiden.ISBN 9780792311874;ISBN 9789041119544;ISBN 9789041103451;ISBN 9789004144613;ISBN 9789004144798;OCLC 23254092

External links

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Full text of treaty with U.S. State Department commentary

Carlos Andrés Pérez

President of Venezuela (1974–1979) & (1989-1993)

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Electoral history

Chamber of Deputies	1947 general election 1958 general election 1963 general election
Presidential	1973 general election 1988 general election
Senate	1998 parliamentary election