Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
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The Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone is a maritime area over which Spain has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, extending up to 200 nautical miles from its coasts in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone canonical | 2 |
| Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone | 1 |
| Spanish EEZ | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3371374 — 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: Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone Context triple: [Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone, adjacentTo, Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone]
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A.
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone
The Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area under Portugal’s jurisdiction, granting it special rights over marine resources and economic activities in surrounding Atlantic waters.
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B.
Exclusive Economic Zone of Chile
The Exclusive Economic Zone of Chile is a vast maritime area over which Chile holds special rights for exploring and using marine resources, extending hundreds of nautical miles into the Pacific Ocean from its long South American coastline and remote island territories.
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C.
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone
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.
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D.
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
The U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area extending from the U.S. coastline in which the United States has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.
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E.
United Kingdom exclusive economic zone
The United Kingdom exclusive economic zone is the maritime area over which the UK has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, extending up to 200 nautical miles from its coast.
- 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: Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone Target entity description: The Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone is a maritime area over which Spain has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, extending up to 200 nautical miles from its coasts in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
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A.
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone
The Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area under Portugal’s jurisdiction, granting it special rights over marine resources and economic activities in surrounding Atlantic waters.
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B.
Exclusive Economic Zone of Chile
The Exclusive Economic Zone of Chile is a vast maritime area over which Chile holds special rights for exploring and using marine resources, extending hundreds of nautical miles into the Pacific Ocean from its long South American coastline and remote island territories.
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C.
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone
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.
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D.
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
The U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area extending from the U.S. coastline in which the United States has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.
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E.
United Kingdom exclusive economic zone
The United Kingdom exclusive economic zone is the maritime area over which the UK has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, extending up to 200 nautical miles from its coast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
exclusive economic zone
ⓘ
maritime zone ⓘ |
| allows |
freedom of navigation for foreign vessels
ⓘ
freedom of overflight for foreign aircraft ⓘ |
| coastalStateJurisdiction | Spain ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Spanish contiguous zone
ⓘ
Spanish territorial sea ⓘ |
| doesNotInclude | full sovereignty over waters ⓘ |
| governedBy | Spanish national maritime legislation ⓘ |
| hasRight |
conservation of marine resources
ⓘ
exploitation of marine resources ⓘ exploration of marine resources ⓘ management of marine resources ⓘ production of energy from currents ⓘ production of energy from water ⓘ production of energy from winds ⓘ |
| includes |
waters adjacent to Balearic Islands
ⓘ
waters adjacent to Canary Islands ⓘ waters adjacent to Spanish North African territories ⓘ waters adjacent to mainland Spain ⓘ |
| legalBasis | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| maximumExtent | 200 nautical miles from baselines ⓘ |
| partOf | maritime zones of Spain ⓘ |
| purpose |
protection of Spanish economic interests at sea
ⓘ
sustainable use of marine resources ⓘ |
| regulates |
fishing rights
ⓘ
marine scientific research ⓘ offshore energy activities ⓘ |
| rightType | sovereign rights over natural resources ⓘ |
| shortName |
Spanish EEZ
ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
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| sovereignState | Spain ⓘ |
| subjectTo | international law of the sea ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone Description of subject: The Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone is a maritime area over which Spain has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, extending up to 200 nautical miles from its coasts in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
linked to: Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone