United Kingdom territorial waters

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maritime zone territorial waters

United Kingdom territorial waters are the maritime areas extending from the UK’s coastline over which it exercises full sovereignty and jurisdiction, including parts of surrounding seas such as the North Sea, English Channel, Irish Sea, and Atlantic approaches.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
United Kingdom territorial waters canonical	7
United Kingdom exclusive economic zone	2
Scottish territorial sea	1
United Kingdom maritime zones	1
United Kingdom territorial waters near Exmouth	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1975223 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United Kingdom territorial waters
Context triple: [North Channel, belongsToMaritimeZone, United Kingdom territorial waters]

A. United States territorial waters
United States territorial waters are the maritime zones adjacent to the U.S. coast over which the United States exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction, typically extending up to 12 nautical miles from its shorelines.
B. United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is a sovereign country in northwestern Europe comprising England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, known for its parliamentary democracy, global cultural influence, and historic role in world affairs.
C. Great Britain
Great Britain is the name used by the United Kingdom’s athletes competing together as a single national team at the Olympic Games.
D. Great Britain
Great Britain is the large island comprising England, Scotland, and Wales, historically central to the development of the United Kingdom and the British Empire.
E. Admiralty (United Kingdom)
Admiralty (United Kingdom) was the historic government department and naval command responsible for administering and directing the Royal Navy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United Kingdom territorial waters
Target entity description: United Kingdom territorial waters are the maritime areas extending from the UK’s coastline over which it exercises full sovereignty and jurisdiction, including parts of surrounding seas such as the North Sea, English Channel, Irish Sea, and Atlantic approaches.

A. United States territorial waters
United States territorial waters are the maritime zones adjacent to the U.S. coast over which the United States exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction, typically extending up to 12 nautical miles from its shorelines.
B. United Kingdom
The United Kingdom is a sovereign country in northwestern Europe comprising England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, known for its parliamentary democracy, global cultural influence, and historic role in world affairs.
C. Great Britain
Great Britain is the name used by the United Kingdom’s athletes competing together as a single national team at the Olympic Games.
D. Great Britain
Great Britain is the large island comprising England, Scotland, and Wales, historically central to the development of the United Kingdom and the British Empire.
E. Admiralty (United Kingdom)
Admiralty (United Kingdom) was the historic government department and naval command responsible for administering and directing the Royal Navy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	maritime zone ⓘ territorial waters ⓘ
adjacentTo	territorial waters of Belgium ⓘ territorial waters of Denmark ⓘ territorial waters of France ⓘ territorial waters of Germany ⓘ territorial waters of Iceland ⓘ territorial waters of Ireland ⓘ territorial waters of Norway ⓘ territorial waters of Spain ⓘ territorial waters of the Netherlands ⓘ
borderOf	United Kingdom land territory ⓘ
contains	UK coastal shipping routes ⓘ areas of naval exercise ⓘ marine protected areas within 12 nautical miles of the coast ⓘ sea lanes used for international navigation ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
environmentRegulatedBy	UK marine environmental law ⓘ
extendsFrom	coastline of the United Kingdom ⓘ
governedBy	UK domestic maritime law ⓘ United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
includesPartOfSea	Atlantic Ocean approaches ⓘ English Channel ⓘ Irish Sea ⓘ North Sea ⓘ
jurisdictionIncludes	airspace above the territorial sea ⓘ seabed ⓘ subsoil ⓘ water column ⓘ
legalRegime	full sovereignty ⓘ
partOf	United Kingdom maritime zones ⓘ linked to: United Kingdom territorial waters seas surrounding Great Britain ⓘ seas surrounding Northern Ireland ⓘ
policedBy	Maritime and Coastguard Agency ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ UK Border Force ⓘ
securityMonitoredBy	Royal Navy ⓘ UK maritime surveillance systems ⓘ
sovereigntyExercisedBy	Crown ⓘ United Kingdom government ⓘ linked to: UK government
subjectTo	right of innocent passage for foreign vessels ⓘ
usedFor	defence activities ⓘ environmental protection ⓘ fishing ⓘ offshore energy production ⓘ shipping ⓘ

How these facts were elicited