United States–Mexico maritime boundary (Pacific Ocean)
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The United States–Mexico maritime boundary in the Pacific Ocean is the internationally recognized sea border that separates the territorial waters and exclusive economic zones of the United States and Mexico off their Pacific coasts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United States–Mexico maritime boundary | 1 |
| United States–Mexico maritime boundary (Pacific Ocean) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8433803 — 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 States–Mexico maritime boundary (Pacific Ocean) Context triple: [Municipality of Ensenada, borders, United States–Mexico maritime boundary (Pacific Ocean)]
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A.
United States–Russia maritime boundary
The United States–Russia maritime boundary is the international sea border in the Bering Strait and surrounding waters that divides the territorial and exclusive economic zones of the United States and Russia.
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B.
U.S. contiguous zone
The U.S. contiguous zone is a band of ocean adjacent to U.S. territorial waters where the United States exercises limited control to prevent and punish infringements of its customs, fiscal, immigration, and sanitary laws.
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C.
Pacific Rim of the Americas
The Pacific Rim of the Americas is the group of North, Central, and South American countries with coastlines on the Pacific Ocean, forming a key region for trans-Pacific trade and economic integration.
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D.
U.S.–Mexico border
The U.S.–Mexico border is the international boundary separating the United States and Mexico, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico and serving as a major focal point for migration, trade, and security issues.
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E.
Cuba (maritime boundary)
Cuba (maritime boundary) refers to the legally defined sea border and associated maritime zones separating the territorial waters and jurisdictions of Cuba and neighboring states such as the Cayman Islands.
- 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 States–Mexico maritime boundary (Pacific Ocean) Target entity description: The United States–Mexico maritime boundary in the Pacific Ocean is the internationally recognized sea border that separates the territorial waters and exclusive economic zones of the United States and Mexico off their Pacific coasts.
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A.
United States–Russia maritime boundary
The United States–Russia maritime boundary is the international sea border in the Bering Strait and surrounding waters that divides the territorial and exclusive economic zones of the United States and Russia.
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B.
U.S. contiguous zone
The U.S. contiguous zone is a band of ocean adjacent to U.S. territorial waters where the United States exercises limited control to prevent and punish infringements of its customs, fiscal, immigration, and sanitary laws.
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C.
Pacific Rim of the Americas
The Pacific Rim of the Americas is the group of North, Central, and South American countries with coastlines on the Pacific Ocean, forming a key region for trans-Pacific trade and economic integration.
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D.
U.S.–Mexico border
The U.S.–Mexico border is the international boundary separating the United States and Mexico, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico and serving as a major focal point for migration, trade, and security issues.
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E.
Cuba (maritime boundary)
Cuba (maritime boundary) refers to the legally defined sea border and associated maritime zones separating the territorial waters and jurisdictions of Cuba and neighboring states such as the Cayman Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international maritime boundary
ⓘ
sea border ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Pacific coast of Baja California
ⓘ
Pacific coast of Baja California Sur ⓘ Pacific coast of California ⓘ
linked to:
California coast
|
| appliesTo |
exclusive economic zone of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
exclusive economic zone of the United States in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ territorial waters of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ territorial waters of the United States in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| borderBetween |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| followsFrom | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea principles ⓘ |
| governs |
jurisdiction over fisheries between United States and Mexico in the Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
jurisdiction over seabed resources between United States and Mexico in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ rights to marine resources between United States and Mexico in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| hasBorderStateOnMexicoSide |
Baja California
ⓘ
Baja California Sur ⓘ |
| hasBorderStateOnUSSide |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| hasCharacteristic |
delimits jurisdiction over environmental protection measures
ⓘ
delimits sovereign rights over natural resources ⓘ internationally recognized ⓘ |
| hasLegalRegime |
exclusive economic zone delimitation
ⓘ
territorial sea delimitation ⓘ |
| isTypeOf |
international boundary
ⓘ
maritime delimitation line ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf | United States–Mexico maritime boundary ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Mexican government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Mexico
United States government ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
United States–Mexico border
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S.–Mexico border
United States–Mexico maritime boundary (Gulf of Mexico) ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf of Mexico maritime boundary
|
| separates |
Mexico exclusive economic zone in the Pacific Ocean
ⓘ
Mexico territorial waters in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ United States exclusive economic zone in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
United States territorial waters in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| usedFor |
law enforcement jurisdiction at sea
ⓘ
maritime navigation and charting ⓘ search and rescue coordination areas ⓘ |
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: United States–Mexico maritime boundary (Pacific Ocean) Description of subject: The United States–Mexico maritime boundary in the Pacific Ocean is the internationally recognized sea border that separates the territorial waters and exclusive economic zones of the United States and Mexico off their Pacific coasts.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States–Mexico maritime boundary (Pacific Ocean)
→
partOf
→
United States–Mexico maritime boundary
ⓘ
linked to: United States–Mexico maritime boundary (Pacific Ocean)