territorial strait

  • 1Strait passage — is a concept in Admiralty law which allows for a vessel to pass through a strait. Given the United Nations extension of territorial waters to a maximum width of 12 miles, straits with width of less than 24 miles are entirely composed of… …

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  • 2Territorial waters — Schematic map of maritime zones. Territorial waters, or a territorial sea, as defined by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,[1] is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) from… …

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  • 3Strait of Hormuz — The Strait of Hormuz ( fa. تنگه هرمز Tangeh ye Hormoz , ar. مضيق هرمز Madīq Hurmuz ) is a narrow, strategically important waterway between the Gulf of Oman in the southeast and the Persian Gulf in the southwest. On the north coast is Iran and on… …

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  • 4Territorial claims in the Arctic — Under international law, no country currently owns the North Pole or the region of the Arctic Ocean surrounding it. The five surrounding Arctic states, Russia, the United States (via Alaska), Canada, Norway and Denmark (via Greenland), are… …

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  • 5Territorial evolution of North America since 1763 — Territorial evolution of North America of non native nation states from 1750 to 2008 The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended the major war known by Americans as the French and Indian War …

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  • 6Territorial dispute — A territorial dispute is a disagreement over the possession/control of land between two or more states or over the possession or control of land by a new state and occupying power after it has conquered the land from a former state no longer… …

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  • 7Strait of Tiran —    Body of water connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba (Gulf of Eilat). The strait is narrow and constricted by islands (Tiran and Sanafir) and reefs. From the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula to Tiran Island, the distance is approximately five… …

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  • 8Korea Strait — Map showing the Korea Strait. North Korean name Chosŏn gŭl …

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  • 9M'Clure Strait — M Clure Strait, Northwest Territories, Canada.   Nunavut …

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  • 10McClure Strait — The McClure Strait (sometimes rendered M Clure Strait) is a strait on the edge of the Canadian Northwest Territories. It forms the northwestern end of one of the routes through the Northwest Passage.The strait connects the Beaufort Sea in the… …

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