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What (who) is territorial waters - definition
COASTAL WATERS THAT ARE PART OF A NATION-STATE'S SOVEREIGN TERRITORY
Territorial Waters; Territorial sea; Territorial seas; Contiguous zone; U.S. territorial waters; 12 mile limit; 12-mile limit; National sea boundary; Sovereign waters; Territorial water; Maritime belt; Home water
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![[[Peru]] claims territorial waters out to 200 nmi.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maritime Claims of Ecuador and Peru.svg?width=200 "[[Peru]] claims territorial waters out to 200 nmi.")
Territorial waters
·add. ·- The waters under the territorial jurisdiction of a state; specif., the belt (often called the marine belt or territorial sea) of sea subject to such jurisdiction, and subject only to the right of innocent passage by the vessels of other states.
Territorial waters
The term territorial waters is sometimes used informally to refer to any area of water over which a sovereign state has jurisdiction, including internal waters, the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone, and potentially the extended continental shelf. In a narrower sense, the term is used as a synonym for the territorial sea.
territorial waters
A country's territorial waters are the parts of the sea close to its coast which are recognized by international agreement to be under its control, especially with regard to fishing rights.
N-PLURAL: usu poss/adj N
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Territorial waters
The term territorial waters is sometimes used informally to refer to any area of water over which a sovereign state has jurisdiction, including internal waters, the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone, and potentially the extended continental shelf. In a narrower sense, the term is used as a synonym for the territorial sea.
Examples of use of territorial waters
1. Iran says the British vessels were inside its territorial waters.
2. "We have no access to Lebanon territorial waters," Sarraf said.
3. The tanker was heading toward Somali territorial waters, he said.
4. The navy then escorted the boat out into the territorial waters of Cyprus.
5. Israel still controls its borders, its airspace and its territorial waters.