United States territorial waters
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United States territorial waters are the maritime zones adjacent to the U.S. coast over which the United States exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction, typically extending up to 12 nautical miles from its shorelines.
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
maritime zone
ⓘ
territorial sea ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Beaufort Sea ⓘ Bering Sea ⓘ Bristol Bay ⓘ Caribbean Sea ⓘ Chesapeake Bay ⓘ Chukchi Sea ⓘ Cook Inlet ⓘ Straits of Florida ⓘ
surface form:
Florida Straits
Gulf of Alaska ⓘ Gulf of Maine ⓘ Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Hudson Bay approaches near Alaska (via Arctic seas) ⓘ Long Island Sound ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ Puget Sound ⓘ San Francisco Bay ⓘ Juan de Fuca Strait ⓘ
surface form:
Strait of Juan de Fuca
|
| coastalState | United States of America ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
United States Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy
United States Coast Guard ⓘ state and local maritime law enforcement agencies ⓘ |
| extendsFrom | baseline of the United States ⓘ |
| governedBy |
federal law of the United States
ⓘ
international law of the sea ⓘ state law of coastal U.S. states (in certain areas) ⓘ |
| includesAreasOff |
Alaska
ⓘ
American Samoa ⓘ Guam ⓘ Hawaii ⓘ Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ contiguous United States ⓘ
surface form:
continental United States
other U.S. island territories ⓘ |
| legalStatus | sovereign territory of the United States ⓘ |
| maximumBreadth | 12 nautical miles ⓘ |
| measuredFrom | U.S. coastal baselines ⓘ |
| navigationRegime | innocent passage for foreign vessels ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
U.S. baseline regulations
ⓘ
U.S. contiguous zone ⓘ U.S. exclusive economic zone ⓘ U.S. internal waters ⓘ United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ |
| sovereignState | United States of America ⓘ |
| sovereigntyIncludes |
airspace above territorial sea
ⓘ
seabed ⓘ subsoil ⓘ water column ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
U.S. criminal jurisdiction
ⓘ
U.S. customs and immigration control ⓘ U.S. environmental regulations ⓘ U.S. safety and navigation rules ⓘ |
| unitOfDistance | nautical mile ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial shipping
ⓘ
environmental protection ⓘ fishing ⓘ national defense ⓘ offshore resource exploitation ⓘ recreation and tourism ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.