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territorial waters
(redirected from Territorial seas)

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territorial waters
pl.n.
Inland and coastal waters under the jurisdiction of a nation or state, especially the ocean waters within 3 or 12 miles (4.8 or 19.3 kilometers) of the shoreline.
territorial waters
pl n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the waters over which a nation exercises jurisdiction and control
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Noun1.territorial waters - the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction
body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"
briny, main - any very large body of (salt) water
high sea, international waters - the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation
high sea, international waters - the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation
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territorial waters
pl → Territorialgewässer pl
territorial waters npl → acque fpl territoriali
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The first one is to lean on article 122 of UNCLOS that says: Enclosed or Semi-Enclosed Seas Article122 Definition For the purposes of this Convention, "enclosed or semi-enclosed sea" means a gulf, basin or sea surrounded by two or more States and connected to another sea or the ocean by a narrow outlet or consisting entirely or primarily of the territorial seas and exclusive economic zones of two or more coastal States.
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In the absence of an agreement to the contrary with foreign States whose coasts lie opposite the coasts of Denmark at a distance not exceeding 24 nautical miles or adjacent to Denmark, the outer limit of the external territorial waters shall not extend beyond the median line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points of the baselines from which the breadth of territorial seas of each of the two States is measured, unless special circumstances may warrant another delineation.
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