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.
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)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Australian maritime zones