the Aegean Sea in accordance with the principles and rules of international law which the Court shall determine to be applicable to the delimitation of the continental shelf in the aforesaid areas of the Aegean Sea". In maintaining that the subject-matter of the dispute embraced by Greece's submissions does not fa11 within the scope of reservation (b), the Greek Government puts its case in two ways. First, it contends that the dispute concerns the delimitation of the continental shelf boundary between Greece and Turkey, and that delimitation is entirely extraneous to the notion of territorial status (Memorial, para. 236); and, secondly, it contends that, the continental shelf not being part of the territory of the coastal State under the applicable rules of international law, the present dispute regarding rights over the continental shelf cannot be considered as one relatina- to "territorial status". 83. The contention based on the proposition that delimitation is entirely extraneous to the notion of territorial status appears to the Court to encounter certain difficulties. Above all, it seems to overlook the basic character of the present dispute, clearly stated though it is in the first submission in Greece's Application. The basic question in dispute is whether or not certain islands under Greek sovereignty are entitled to a continental shelf of their own and entitle Greece to cal1 for the boundary to be drawn between those islands and the Turkish Coast. The very essence of the dispute, as formulated in the Application, is thus the entitlement of those Greek islands to a continental shelf, and the delimitation of the boundary is a secondary question to be decided after, and in the light of, the decision upon the first basic question. Moreover, it is evident from the documents before the Court that Turkev. which maintains that the islands in question are meré protuberances o i t h e Turkish continental shelf and have no continental shelf of their own, also considers the basic question to be one of entitlement. 84. Quite apart from the fact that the present dispute cannot, therefore, be viewed as one simply relating to delimitation, it would be difficult to accept the broad proposition that delimitation is entirely extraneous to the notion of territorial status. Any disputed delimitation of a boundary entails some determination of entitlement to the areas to be delimited, and the historical evidence adduced by the Greek Government itself shows that in the treaty practice in the League of Nations period, the notions of "territorial integrity", "frontiers" and "territorial status" were regarded as closely associated. 85. The dispute relates to the determination of the respective areas of continental shelf over which Greece and Turkey are entitled to exercise the sovereign rights recognized by international law. It is therefore necessary to establish the boundary or boundaries between neighbouring States, that is to Say, to draw the exact line or lines where the extension in space of the sovereign powers and rights of Greece meets those of Turkey. Whether it is