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DEFINITION:
territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal State extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the LOS Convention (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Somalia | 200 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Canada | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Dominica | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Tanzania | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Bahrain | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Bangladesh | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Malaysia | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Barbados | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Nigeria | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Australia | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Tuvalu | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Belize | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Sierra Leone | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Fiji | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Qatar | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Sudan | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Maldives | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Israel | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | The Gambia | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Ghana | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | The Bahamas | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Pakistan | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | New Zealand | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Yemen | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Jamaica | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | United Arab Emirates | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | India | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Kenya | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Saint Lucia | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Brunei | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Grenada | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Egypt | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Kuwait | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Guyana | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Burma | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Sri Lanka | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | Namibia | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=2 | United States | 12 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=42 | Singapore | 3 nautical mile | 2013 | ||
=42 | Jordan | 3 nautical mile | 2013 |
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Interesting observations about Geography > Maritime claims > Territorial sea
- Somalia ranked first for maritime claims > territorial sea amongst Hot countries in 2013.
- Ecuador ranked first for maritime claims > territorial sea amongst Christian countries in 2013.
- Italy ranked first for maritime claims > territorial sea amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2013.
- Israel ranked first for maritime claims > territorial sea amongst Densely populated countries in 2013.
- Peru ranked first for maritime claims > territorial sea amongst Emerging markets in 2013.
- Benin ranked second for maritime claims > territorial sea globally in 2013.
- United States ranked #7 for maritime claims > territorial sea amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2013.
- Papua New Guinea ranked first for maritime claims > territorial sea amongst East Asia and Pacific in 2013.
- Senegal ranked second for maritime claims > territorial sea amongst Muslim countries in 2013.
- France ranked first for maritime claims > territorial sea amongst Non-religious countries in 2013.
- Venezuela ranked last for maritime claims > territorial sea amongst Latin America and Caribbean in 2013.