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Territorial Sea - U.S.-Affiliated Pacifc Islands
These boundaries represent the territorial sea for U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands, including Hawaii, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, as well as the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands of Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island.
Territorial waters, or a territorial sea, as defined by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is a belt of coastal waters extending at most twelve nautical miles (12 nmi) from the baseline (usually the mean low-water mark) of a coastal state. The territorial sea is regarded as the sovereign territory of the state, although foreign ships are allowed innocent passage through it; this sovereignty also extends to the airspace over and seabed below.
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "NOAA Office of Coast Survey (OCS)",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:ocs.webmaster@noaa.gov"
}
|
| describedByType | application/octet-steam |
| description | These boundaries represent the territorial sea for U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands, including Hawaii, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, as well as the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands of Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island. Territorial waters, or a territorial sea, as defined by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is a belt of coastal waters extending at most twelve nautical miles (12 nmi) from the baseline (usually the mean low-water mark) of a coastal state. The territorial sea is regarded as the sovereign territory of the state, although foreign ships are allowed innocent passage through it; this sovereignty also extends to the airspace over and seabed below. |
| distribution |
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|
| identifier | pac_ocs_usa_territorial_sea |
| isPartOf | Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) |
| issued | 2016-01-25T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| keyword |
[
"Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Boundaries",
"Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Boundaries > Political Divisions > Country Boundaries",
"Continent > North America > United States Of America > Hawaii",
"Geographic Region > Oceania",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Baker Island",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Howland Island",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Jarvis Island",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Johnston Atoll",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Kingman Reef",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Palmyra Atoll",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Wake Island",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > American Samoa",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Guam",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Northern Mariana Islands > Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)",
"PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System",
"PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System"
]
|
| landingPage | https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov |
| language |
[]
|
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2016-01-25T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
{
"name": "Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| spatial | 166.8696,-14.760836,-178.601553,28.657082 |
| title | Territorial Sea - U.S.-Affiliated Pacifc Islands |
