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  2. Territorial waters - Wikipedia

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    Territorial sea is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) from the baseline (usually the mean low-water mark) of a coastal state. [6] The territorial sea is sovereign territory, although foreign ships (military and civilian) are allowed innocent passage through it, or transit passage for straits ; this ...

  3. Baseline (sea) - Wikipedia

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    A baseline, as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is the line (or curve) along the coast from which the seaward limits of a state's territorial sea and certain other maritime zones of jurisdiction are measured, such as a state's exclusive economic zone. Normally, a sea baseline follows the low-water line of a ...

  4. Baselines of the Chinese territorial sea - Wikipedia

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    The 1996 declaration of China's baselines is based on its law on its territorial sea and the contiguous zone which was adopted on 25 February 1992. Dongyin, Dongsha, Wuqiuyu and Dongdingdao etc. are part of the Republic of China's (Taiwan) Lienchiang County and Kinmen County.

  5. China publishes new details of its sweeping claims to South ...

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    Officials from the Chinese foreign ministry shared new coordinates for what it considers to be the country’s baseline, a term used in defining a country’s territorial waters that normally ...

  6. China maps out baseline claims over a contested South China ...

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    A nation’s territorial waters and exclusive economic zone are typically defined as the distance from the baselines. Both China and the Philippines claim Scarborough Shoal and other outcroppings ...

  7. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - Wikipedia

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    Nations can also temporarily suspend innocent passage in specific areas of their territorial sea, if doing so is essential for the protection of their security. Contiguous zone: Beyond the 12-nautical-mile (22 km) limit, there is a further 12 nautical miles (22 km) from the territorial sea baseline limit, the contiguous

  8. Territorial waters of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    The territorial waters of Indonesia are defined according to the principles set out in Article 46 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Their boundary consists of straight lines ("baselines") linking 195 coordinate points located at the outer edge of the archipelago ("basepoints").

  9. Maritime boundary - Wikipedia

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    Inland waters—the zone inside the baseline. Territorial sea—the zone extending 12 nautical miles (nm) from the baseline. [2] Contiguous zone—the area extending 24 nm from the baseline. [2] Exclusive Economic Zone—the area extending 200 nm from the baseline except when the space between two countries is less than 400 nm. [2]