The Tribunal accordingly believes that there is reason to consider an
adjustment of the provisional equidistance line by drawing a geodetic line
starting at a particular azimuth. In the view of the Tribunal the direction of any
plausible adjustment of the provisional equidistance line would not differ
substantially from a geodetic line starting at an azimuth of 215°. A significant
shift in the angle of that azimuth would result in cut-off effects on the
projections from the coast of one Party or the other. A shift toward the north-west would produce a line that does not adequately remedy the cut-off effect
of the provisional equidistance line on the southward projection of the coast of
Bangladesh, while a shift in the opposite direction would produce a cut-off
effect on the seaward projection of Myanmar’s coast.