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A baseline is the line from which the seaward limits of a State's territorial sea and certain other maritime
Maritime

Maritime may refer to:* Things related to the sea or oceans ,* Things related to sailing,* Things related to a mariner or sailor,* A maritime climate,...
 zones of jurisdiction
Jurisdiction

In law, jurisdiction is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility....
 are measured. Normally, a sea baseline follows the low-water line (lowest astronomical tide) of a coastal State. When the coastline is deeply indented, has fringing islands or is highly unstable, straight baselines may be used.








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A baseline is the line from which the seaward limits of a State's territorial sea and certain other maritime
Maritime

Maritime may refer to:* Things related to the sea or oceans ,* Things related to sailing,* Things related to a mariner or sailor,* A maritime climate,...
 zones of jurisdiction
Jurisdiction

In law, jurisdiction is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility....
 are measured. Normally, a sea baseline follows the low-water line (lowest astronomical tide) of a coastal State. When the coastline is deeply indented, has fringing islands or is highly unstable, straight baselines may be used.

See also

  • Territorial waters
    Territorial waters

    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 from the baseline of a coastal state....
  • Exclusive economic zone
    Exclusive Economic Zone

    Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, an Exclusive Economic Zone is a seazone over which a state has special rights over the exploration and use of marine Natural resource....
  • Continental shelf
    Continental shelf

    The continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each continent and associated coastal plain, and was part of the continent during the glacial periods, but is undersea during Ice age such as the current epoch by relatively shallow seas and Bay....
  • International waters
    International waters

    The terms international waters or trans-boundary waters apply where any of the following types of Body of water transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems , and wetlands....
  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
    United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

    The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea , also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty, is the international agreement that resulted from the third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea , which took place from 1973 through 1982....