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According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which came into force in 1994, the continental shelf that borders a country’s shoreline is considered to be a continuation of the country’s land territory. Coastal countries have exclusive rights to resources located within the continental shelf, which legally is defined as the seabed up to roughly 370 km (200 nautical miles) from shore or to the outer edge of the continental margin, whichever is farther, subject to an overall limit of about 650 km (350 nautical miles) from the coast or about 185 km (100 nautical miles) beyond the 2,500-metre (8,200-foot) isobath, or line connecting equal points of water depth. A country with a continental shelf that extends farther than 200 nautical miles from its shoreline has 10 years from the date it ratified UNCLOS to submit a claim on the part of the shelf that occurs beyond the 200-nautical-mile limit. In the first decade of the 21st century, several countries with Arctic coastlines made competing claims on the extended continental shelf regions within the Arctic Ocean. [links]

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The 1362 number, the last characters on the runestone, rather than being a date were found to be a code which validates the runestone as genuine. This information will be retained for future use. Spain took over Central America in 1519CE when Cortez invaded Mexico. This territory seems to have been deeded to Spain sometime before this. Prior to 1492CE, at the end of the Iberian/Moorish War, the Templars and Portugal agreed to deed Central America to Spain. c1820 CE Portugal constructed the Guimar Pyramids on the Island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, to validate the deeding of the new boundaries of the North American territory to what was now the United States. Spain already had an interest in Mexico long before Cortez made his move. There are numerous geoglyphs, which were planted along the path of Columbus' first voyage, in 1492CE, to outline the territory given to Spain by the Portuguese/Etruscans and the Celts. At one time the Etruscans, now the Portuguese, claimed all of North and South America. The ancient survey markers that support this can be seen in the book "Ancient Signposts".

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The 1362 Northwest Endpoint and Associated Square Geoglyph
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Territories as outlined by Columbus' geoglyphs.
(For the complete story order the book "La Merica".)

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The Kensington Runestone has been the subject of discussion and controversy since its discovery in 1898 by a Swedish farmer, named Olof Ohman, while clearing land for his farm near Kensington, Minnesota (45* 48' 46.17"N - 95* 40' 01.53"). Due to inherent skepticism, and the fact that Olof was himself Swedish, many people thought the stone was a forgery. This controversy has existed for over 100 years up until this very time. Well the controversy is over. There is now physical proof that the runestone is authentic and plays a large role in American history. The Kensington Runestone, pictured above, is 31 inches high, 16 inches wide, six inches thick and weighs 202 pounds. On the face and one side are characters known as "runes", a type of writing used in the Middle Ages only by inhabitants of northwestern Europe, such as the Norwegians, Danes, and Gotland Islanders.

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