Australian territorial sea

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The Australian territorial sea is the belt of coastal waters extending up to 12 nautical miles from Australia's baseline, within which Australia exercises full sovereignty subject to certain navigational rights for other states.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Australian maritime zones 1
Australian territorial sea canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf maritime zone
territorial sea
adjacentTo Australian contiguous zone
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone
surface form: Australian exclusive economic zone
appliesTo Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Australian Antarctic Territory
Australian mainland coast
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Norfolk Island
Tasmania
coastalState Australia
country Australia
enforcementJurisdiction Australian Border Force
surface form: Australian border protection authorities

Australian Border Force
surface form: Australian customs authorities

Australian Defence Force
surface form: Australian naval forces
governedByPrinciple full sovereignty of coastal state
includes Australian mainland coastal waters
Tasmanian coastal waters
coastal waters of Australian external territories
includesSovereigntyOver airspace above territorial sea
seabed
subsoil
water column
innerLimit Australian baseline
legalBasis Maritime Powers Act 2013 (Cth)
Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 (Cth)
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
maximumBreadth 12 nautical miles
measuredFrom Australian baseline
navigationRightsOfOtherStates innocent passage of foreign ships
transit passage in straits used for international navigation
outerLimitDistanceFromBaseline 12 nautical miles
partOf Australian maritime jurisdiction
regulatedBy Australian law
surface form: Australian federal legislation
relatedConcept Australian continental shelf
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone
surface form: Australian exclusive economic zone

Australian territorial sea self-linksurface differs
surface form: Australian maritime zones
sovereigntyExercisedBy Commonwealth of Australia
status recognized under international law
subjectTo international maritime law
right of innocent passage
right of transit passage through straits used for international navigation
usedFor maritime boundary delimitation with neighbouring states

Referenced by (2)

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Australian Exclusive Economic Zone beyond Australian territorial sea
Australian territorial sea relatedConcept Australian territorial sea self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Australian maritime zones