主题：我也来说两句最近南海军舰的事情 -- mailsina

http://amti.csis.org/the-legal-challenge-of-chinas-island-building/

A low-tide elevation creates no territorial sea, exclusive economic zone (EEZ), or continental shelf, and cannot be claimed as territory in its own right. It is legally part of the seabed and its only real effect on the maritime regime is that, if it lies within the 12 nautical mile territorial sea of another feature, it can be considered the baseline from which that rock or island’s entitlements are measured. A rock, which is distinguished from an island by not being able to sustain independent human habitation or economic life, generates a territorial sea but no EEZ or continental shelf.

低潮高地的唯一法律意义是如果它距另一片领土在12海里以内，则它可以为那片领土继续延伸领海和EEZ，但它自己不算领土，也没有领海或EEZ。（不过这和低潮高地自己有领海和EEZ又有神马区别？）