Maican Island is a Ukrainian islet in the Danube. The area of the island is 0.6 km², with a length of 1.5 km along the Danube riverbed, and a maximum width of 0.8 km. To the south of the island is the state border between Ukraine and Romania, established by the Treaty on Good Neighborliness and Cooperation between the two countries. Accordin…Maican Island is a Ukrainian islet in the Danube. The area of the island is 0.6 km², with a length of 1.5 km along the Danube riverbed, and a maximum width of 0.8 km. To the south of the island is the state border between Ukraine and Romania, established by the Treaty on Good Neighborliness and Cooperation between the two countries. According to international law, state borders along a river are established along the fairway, unless the parties have agreed otherwise. However, the fairway that used to run between the islands of Maikan and Babina has become silted up. As a result, shipping now runs between Maikan and the Ukrainian coast. On this basis, in 2009. Romania expressed its territorial claims to the island in 2009.
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