Australian Exclusive Economic Zone
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The Australian Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area surrounding Australia over which it has special rights to explore, exploit, conserve, and manage marine resources under international law.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Australian EEZ | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
exclusive economic zone
ⓘ
maritime zone ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Australian territorial sea
ⓘ
high seas ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
waters adjacent to Australian external territories
ⓘ
waters adjacent to Tasmania ⓘ waters adjacent to the Australian mainland ⓘ |
| beyond | Australian territorial sea ⓘ |
| containsResource |
fish stocks
ⓘ
marine biodiversity ⓘ mineral resources ⓘ natural gas resources ⓘ offshore petroleum resources ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| duty |
conserve living resources
ⓘ
protect marine environment ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Australian government
ⓘ
surface form:
Australian Government
|
| includes |
seabed
ⓘ
subsoil ⓘ water column ⓘ |
| legalBasis | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ |
| maximumExtent | 200 nautical miles from baselines ⓘ |
| measuredFrom | Australian baselines ⓘ |
| overlapsWith | maritime zones of neighbouring states ⓘ |
| partOf | Australian maritime zones ⓘ |
| purpose |
economic development
ⓘ
environmental protection ⓘ resource conservation ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
Australian environmental laws
ⓘ
Australian fisheries laws ⓘ Australian offshore petroleum laws ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Sahul Shelf
ⓘ
surface form:
Australian continental shelf
|
| requires | maritime boundary agreements with neighbouring states ⓘ |
| right |
conduct marine scientific research
ⓘ
conserve marine resources ⓘ establish artificial islands ⓘ establish offshore installations ⓘ exploit marine resources ⓘ explore marine resources ⓘ manage marine resources ⓘ |
| shortName |
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Australian EEZ
|
| sovereignState | Australia ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
freedom of navigation for other states
ⓘ
freedom of overflight for other states ⓘ laying of submarine cables by other states ⓘ laying of submarine pipelines by other states ⓘ |
| unitOfDistance | nautical mile ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.