evidence: 8 This feature lies a few nautical miles north of Qit’at Jaradah, is closer to the Qatar peninsula than to the main islands of Bahrain, but is still within 12 nautical miles of both states’ presumed coastal baselines. [...] 52 Qit’at ash Shajarah is a low-tide elevation just to the east of Fasht al Azm. The Court stated that if Fasht al Azm were to be regarded as part of the island of Sitrah, it would not be appropriate to take the equidistance line as the maritime boundary since, in view of the fact that less than 20 per cent of the surface of this island is permanently above water, this would place the boundary disproportionately close to Qatar’s mainland. If, on the other hand, Fasht al Azm were to be regarded as a low-tide elevation, the equidistance line would brush Fasht al Azm, and for this reason would also be an inappropriate delimitation. [...] In that submission, Bahrain asked the Court to "adjudge and declare that. . . [i]n view of Bahrain’s sovereignty over all the insular and other features, including Fasht ad Dibal and Qit’atjaradah, comprising the Bahraini archipelago, the maritime boundary between Bahrain and Qatar is as described" in Bahrain’s memorial (part II), countermemorial (part II), and reply.