The status of potential tripoints falls along a spectrum of certainty. The least certain of potential tripoints are those that exist solely by virtue of the trilateral geographic relationship among three coastal states with overlapping maritime claims.20 these potential tripoints are not dealt with in this report because they are not yet associated with any boundary agreement. The most certain potential tripoints are those whose three associated bilateral agreements contain coincident endpoint.21 for these most certain of potential tripoints a trilateral agreement would amount to little more than a legalistic tidying up exercisr. Nonetheless, without the trilateral agreement even the most certain potential tripoint is in fact only three coincident endpoints.