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Norwegian waters

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exclusive economic zone maritime area territorial sea

Norwegian waters are the maritime areas surrounding Norway, including its territorial sea and adjacent ocean zones in the North, Norwegian, and Barents Seas.

Aliases (6)

Norway Exclusive Economic Zone ×1
Norway–Russia maritime boundary agreements ×1
Norwegian coast ×1
Norwegian continental shelf ×1
Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea ×1
exclusive economic zone of Norway ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	exclusive economic zone → maritime area → territorial sea →
borderCountry	Denmark → Faroe Islands → Iceland → Russia → United Kingdom →
climate	subarctic → temperate →
contains	Barents Sea cod fisheries → Jan Mayen zone → Lofoten–Vesterålen area → Norwegian continental shelf → Norwegian oil and gas fields → Svalbard fisheries protection zone → shipping lanes along the Norwegian coast →
country	Norway →
governedBy	Norwegian Maritime Code → Norwegian Pollution Control Act → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea →
hasDisputeHistoryWith	Russia → United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
hasEEZBreadth	200 nautical miles →
hasKeyAgreement	Norway–Iceland maritime boundary agreements → Norway–Russia maritime delimitation agreement in the Barents Sea →
hasLegalStatus	exclusive economic zone of Norway → territorial waters of Norway →
hasMaximumTerritorialSeaBreadth	12 nautical miles →
influencedBy	Gulf Stream system → North Atlantic Current →
locatedIn	Barents Sea → North Sea → Norwegian Sea →
majorEconomicActivity	aquaculture → commercial fishing → maritime transport → offshore gas production → offshore oil production →
majorSpecies	Atlantic cod → capelin → herring → mackerel → saithe →
managedBy	Norwegian Coastal Administration → Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries → Norwegian Environment Agency →
partOf	Arctic Ocean → North Atlantic Ocean →
usedFor	NATO naval exercises →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Norwegian waters ("Norwegian continental shelf") →	contains
Altmark →	eventLocation
Norwegian waters ("exclusive economic zone of Norway") →	hasLegalStatus
Barents Sea ("Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea") →	hasSubregion
Russian Federation Exclusive Economic Zone ("Norway Exclusive Economic Zone") →	neighboringStateEEZ
Skagerrak ("Norwegian coast") →	northernShore
Barents Sea ("Norway–Russia maritime boundary agreements") →	subjectTo
German battleship Gneisenau →	theaterOfOperations