Territorial waters (or territorial seas) are within 12 nautical miles of the low-water line along the coast. This sovereignty of the coastal state extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as to its bed and subsoil.

2018 Territorial Waters

Contiguous waters (or the contiguous zone) extends 24 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. A coastal state may exercise the control necessary in contiguous waters to prevent and punish infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration, or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea.

2018 Contiguous Waters

Exclusive economic zones (EEZs) are areas within 200 nautical miles of the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. The coastal state has sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources of the waters superjacent to the seabed and of the seabed and its subsoil.

2018 Exclusive Economic Zones

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