Before revision: This is the only example to date of a state voluntarily downgrading an insular feature to "a rock" and thus reducing the area of its claimed maritime zones.Maritime Boundary Disputes, Settlement Processes, and the Law of the Sea By Seoung-Yong Hong, Jon M. Van Dyke, Martinus Nijhoff 2009 (p. 29) Individual claimsBritish claim Rockall is within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) claimed by the United Kingdom.
After revision: This is the only example to date of a state voluntarily downgrading an insular feature to "a rock" and thus reducing the area of its claimed maritime zones.Maritime Boundary Disputes, Settlement Processes, and the Law of the Sea By Seoung-Yong Hong, Jon M. Van Dyke, Martinus Nijhoff 2009 (p. 29) Rockall is within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) claimed by the United Kingdom.