Such baselines shall not be drawn to and from low-tide elevations, unless lighthouses or similar installations which are permanently above sea level have been built on them or where a low-tide elevation is situated wholly or partly at a distance not exceeding the breadth of the territorial sea from the nearest island.
Te temeljne črte se ne smejo potegniti na plitvine, ki so suhe ob nizkih vodah, in ne od njih, razen če so na njih postavljeni svetilniki ali podobne naprave, ki so vedno nad morsko gladino, ali če je plitvina, ki je suha ob nizkih vodah, v celoti ali deloma oddaljena od najbližjega otoka največ za širino teritorialnega morja.