The Cayman Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 1989

6.  In this Order —

(a) “bay” means an indentation of the coast such that its area is not less than that of the semi-circle whose diameter is a line drawn across the mouth of the indentation, and for the purposes of this definition the area of an indentation shall be taken to be the area bounded by the low-water line around the shore of the indentation and the straight line joining the low-water lines of its natural entrance points, and where, because of the presence of islands, an indentation has more than one mouth the length of the diameter of the semi-circle referred to shall be the sum of the lengths of the straight lines drawn across each of the mouths, and in calculating the area of an indentation the area of any islands lying within it shall be treated as part of the area of the indentation;

(b) “fringing reefs” means reefs attached directly to, or located in the immediate vicinity of, the coast or any coastal lagoon;

(c) “island” means a naturally formed area of land surrounded by water which is above water at mean high-water spring tides;

(d) “low-tide elevation” means a naturally formed area of drying land surrounded by water which is below water at mean high-water spring tides; and

(e) “nautical miles” means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres.