Definition(s)
The sovereignty of a coastal State extends, beyond its land territory and internal waters and, in the case of an archipelagic State, its archipelagic waters, to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea (Source: UNCLOS, Part II, Sec. 1, Art. 2) Every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles, measured from baselines determined in accordance with this Convention. (Source: UNCLOS, Part II, Sec. 1, Art. 3)
层级
Broader: 海洋区
In other languages
English
territorial water
French
eaux territoriales
Russian(俄语)
территориальные воды
Spanish
aguas territoriales
Arabic(阿拉伯语)
مياه إقليمية
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巴塞尔公约 | 2 documents |
