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territorial watersArea of sea over which the adjoining coastal state claims territorial rights. This is most commonly a distance of 22.2 km/12 nautical mi from the coast, but, increasingly, states claim fishing and other rights up to 370 km/200 mi. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Beyond the twelve-mile territorial waters is another zone of twelve nautical-mile width known as the contiguous zone, in which the United States, like any other country, would have certain rights concerning customs and immigration and law enforcement. Contiguous Zone from its prior limit of 12 nautical miles to 24 nm. For the most part the potentially, economic mineralization is confined to a contiguous zone. |
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