United States territorial waters

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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.

AI illustration

How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of United States territorial waters

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of 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.)

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf maritime zone ⓘ
territorial sea ⓘ
adjacentTo Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Beaufort Sea ⓘ
Bering Sea ⓘ
Bristol Bay ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
Chukchi Sea ⓘ
Cook Inlet ⓘ
Florida Straits ⓘ
linked to: Straits of Florida

Gulf of Alaska ⓘ
Gulf of Maine ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
Hudson Bay approaches near Alaska (via Arctic seas) ⓘ
Long Island Sound ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Puget Sound ⓘ
San Francisco Bay ⓘ
Strait of Juan de Fuca ⓘ
linked to: Juan de Fuca Strait
coastalState United States of America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
enforcedBy U.S. Navy ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy

United States Coast Guard ⓘ
state and local maritime law enforcement agencies ⓘ
extendsFrom baseline of the United States ⓘ
governedBy federal law of the United States ⓘ
international law of the sea ⓘ
state law of coastal U.S. states (in certain areas) ⓘ
includesAreasOff Alaska ⓘ
American Samoa ⓘ
Guam ⓘ
Hawaii ⓘ
Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
Puerto Rico ⓘ
U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
continental United States ⓘ
other U.S. island territories ⓘ
legalStatus sovereign territory of the United States ⓘ
maximumBreadth 12 nautical miles ⓘ
measuredFrom U.S. coastal baselines ⓘ
navigationRegime innocent passage for foreign vessels ⓘ
relatedTo U.S. baseline regulations ⓘ
U.S. contiguous zone ⓘ
U.S. exclusive economic zone ⓘ
U.S. internal waters ⓘ
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
sovereignState United States of America ⓘ
sovereigntyIncludes airspace above territorial sea ⓘ
seabed ⓘ
subsoil ⓘ
water column ⓘ
subjectTo U.S. criminal jurisdiction ⓘ
U.S. customs and immigration control ⓘ
U.S. environmental regulations ⓘ
U.S. safety and navigation rules ⓘ
unitOfDistance nautical mile ⓘ
usedFor commercial shipping ⓘ
environmental protection ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
national defense ⓘ
offshore resource exploitation ⓘ
recreation and tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States airspace → extendsOver → United States territorial waters ⓘ
Title 33 of the United States Code → appliesTo → United States territorial waters ⓘ
C1 cargo ship → operationalArea → United States coastal waters ⓘ
subject linked to: C1 cargo ships
linked to: United States territorial waters
U.S. contiguous zone → relatedTo → U.S. territorial sea ⓘ
linked to: United States territorial waters
USCG Air Station San Diego → jurisdiction → United States territorial waters off Southern California ⓘ
linked to: United States territorial waters
NPFC → jurisdiction → United States navigable waters ⓘ
linked to: United States territorial waters
Vieques Sound → belongsTo → United States territorial waters ⓘ
Presidential Proclamation 7219 → relatedTo → United States territorial sea ⓘ
linked to: United States territorial waters
United States (territorial jurisdiction) → includes → U.S. territorial sea ⓘ
linked to: United States territorial waters