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In maritime boundary claims, the equidistance principle or principle of equidistance is a legal concept that a nation's maritime boundaries should conform to a median line equidistant from the shores of neighboring nation-states. This concept was developed in the process of settling disputes where the borders of adjacent nations were located on a contiguous continental shelf. The principle of equidistance represents one aspect of customary international law, but its importance is evaluated in light of other factors,〔Dorinda G. Dallmeyer ''et al.'' (1989). 〕 such as history: ==History== The United States used equidistance in the 1805 Act of Congress which divided public lands by measurements as close as possible to "equidistant from those two corners which stand on the same line."〔 International law refers to equidistance. For example, Article 6 of the 1958 Geneva Convention on the Continental Shelf explains: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Equidistance principle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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