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by zeristor·9y ago·view on hn ↗
There are plans to build a 6 km^2 island in the middle of the North Sea to act as a marshalling point for a whole new raft of wind turbines on the Doggerbank.

https://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2017/05/north-sea-wind-pow...

It would also be a routing point for powerlines out to the surrounding countries.

My question is which country's territory would it be?

A key question since this would bestow rights on the surrounding ocean. If this is planned to be a European territory then wouldn't that in itself be novel?

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It would probably count as a boat/ship: some country like Panama (ie no geographical relation to the north sea) will register, and on board their laws will apply. It will account for no ownership of the sea around it other than a safety factor so boats don't collide.