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For purposes of this list, "maritime boundary" includes boundaries that are recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which includes boundaries of territorial waters, contiguous zones, and exclusive economic zones. However, it does not include lake or river boundaries.
Maritime Zones under International Law. A maritime boundary is a conceptual division of Earth's water surface areas using physiographical or geopolitical criteria. As such, it usually bounds areas of exclusive national rights over mineral and biological resources, [1] encompassing maritime features, limits and zones. [2]
The world's exclusive economic zones by boundary types and EEZ types. An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.
Maritime Zones under International Law. Territorial waters are informally an area of water where a sovereign state has jurisdiction, including internal waters, the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone, and potentially the extended continental shelf (these components are sometimes collectively called the maritime zones [1]).
Agreement concerning delimitation of marine and submarine areas and maritime co-operation between the Republics of Colombia and Ecuador Cuba Mexico: 26 Jul 1976: Exchange of notes constituting an agreement on the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone of Mexico in the sector adjacent to Cuban maritime areas Colombia Panama: 20 Nov 1976
Cyprus–Turkey maritime zones dispute; Exclusive economic zone; Internal waters; International law; Marine ecoregions of the South African exclusive economic zone; Maritime boundary; Sabina Shoal; Territorial waters; United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; United States and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
The Northwest Passage through the Arctic Archipelago is one of the more prominent examples, with Canada claiming it as internal waters, while the United States and the European Union considers it an international strait. [13] Southern Ocean: Australian claim to an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in Antarctica is challenged by Japan.
The land area is ~0.11 km 2, and the area of the bank, excluding the 12-mile zone, is ~322 km 2. [16] Colombia decried the loss of maritime areas and creation of "'enclaves' around Quitasueño and Serrana that could restrict" access. [13] Brezovica Žumberačka (2) 0.0183+ Croatia (Karlovac County – Ozalj town) Slovenia (Metlika municipality)