New York State territorial waters

All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
New York State coastal areas	1
New York State marine waters	1
New York State on Lake Champlain	1
New York State territorial waters canonical	1
New York territorial waters	1
State Marine Management Areas of New York	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T764685 — 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: New York State territorial waters
Context triple: [Division of Fish and Wildlife, jurisdiction, New York State 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. New York State Unique Areas
New York State Unique Areas are specially designated public lands managed for the protection of significant natural resources, wildlife habitat, and outdoor recreation opportunities across New York State.
C. New York City waterway islands
New York City waterway islands are a scattered group of small, often historically significant or ecologically important islands located in the rivers, bays, and harbor surrounding New York City.
D. New Jersey, United States
New Jersey, United States is a Mid-Atlantic state known for its dense population, diverse cities and suburbs, and proximity to major metropolitan areas like New York City and Philadelphia.
E. Oneida territory in New York
Oneida territory in New York was a region in what is now central New York State traditionally inhabited and controlled by the Oneida Nation, one of the original member nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.
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: New York State territorial waters
Target entity description: New York State territorial waters are the coastal and inland marine areas under New York’s legal authority, encompassing its ocean, estuarine, and Great Lakes waters where the state manages resources and enforces environmental and wildlife regulations.

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. New York State Unique Areas
New York State Unique Areas are specially designated public lands managed for the protection of significant natural resources, wildlife habitat, and outdoor recreation opportunities across New York State.
C. New York City waterway islands
New York City waterway islands are a scattered group of small, often historically significant or ecologically important islands located in the rivers, bays, and harbor surrounding New York City.
D. New Jersey, United States
New Jersey, United States is a Mid-Atlantic state known for its dense population, diverse cities and suburbs, and proximity to major metropolitan areas like New York City and Philadelphia.
E. Oneida territory in New York
Oneida territory in New York was a region in what is now central New York State traditionally inhabited and controlled by the Oneida Nation, one of the original member nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	jurisdictional marine area ⓘ territorial waters ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	New York State ⓘ linked to: New York
borderedBy	Canadian waters on Lake Erie ⓘ Canadian waters on Lake Ontario ⓘ Canadian waters on the St. Lawrence River ⓘ Connecticut territorial waters ⓘ New Jersey territorial waters ⓘ Rhode Island territorial waters ⓘ linked to: Rhode Island
country	United States of America ⓘ
environmentalProtectionStatus	regulated for coastal zone management ⓘ regulated for fisheries management ⓘ regulated for habitat conservation ⓘ regulated for water quality ⓘ
governedBy	New York State Clean Water regulations ⓘ New York State Coastal Erosion Hazard Area Act ⓘ New York State Coastal Management Program ⓘ linked to: Coastal Management Program New York State Coastal Zone Management policies ⓘ linked to: New York State Tidal Wetlands Act New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ⓘ New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Fish and Wildlife ⓘ linked to: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Marine Resources ⓘ linked to: Division of Marine Resources New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Water ⓘ linked to: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation New York State Department of State ⓘ New York State Environmental Conservation Law ⓘ linked to: New York Environmental Conservation Law New York State Marine Fisheries regulations ⓘ New York State Navigation Law ⓘ New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation ⓘ New York State Shellfish Sanitation Program ⓘ New York State Tidal Wetlands Act ⓘ
hasPart	Atlantic Ocean coastal waters of New York ⓘ East River ⓘ Great South Bay ⓘ Hudson River tidal waters ⓘ Jamaica Bay waters under New York jurisdiction ⓘ Lake Erie waters under New York jurisdiction ⓘ Lake Ontario waters under New York jurisdiction ⓘ Long Island Sound waters under New York jurisdiction ⓘ Long Island coastal bays and estuaries ⓘ linked to: Shinnecock Bay Lower New York Bay ⓘ New York Harbor waters under New York jurisdiction ⓘ New York’s coastal estuaries ⓘ New York’s marine and coastal district ⓘ New York’s nearshore Atlantic Ocean waters ⓘ linked to: New York Bight New York’s tidal wetlands ⓘ Niagara River waters under New York jurisdiction ⓘ Peconic Bay ⓘ St. Lawrence River waters under New York jurisdiction ⓘ Upper New York Bay ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
partOf	State of New York ⓘ linked to: U.S. state of New York
subjectTo	United States Clean Water Act ⓘ linked to: Clean Water Act United States Coastal Zone Management Act ⓘ linked to: Coastal Zone Management Act provisions United States Endangered Species Act ⓘ linked to: U.S. Endangered Species Act United States Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ⓘ linked to: Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act United States Marine Mammal Protection Act ⓘ linked to: Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 United States federal maritime law ⓘ
usedFor	aquaculture ⓘ coastal recreation ⓘ commercial fishing ⓘ dredging and navigation channel maintenance ⓘ port and harbor activities ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ shipping and navigation ⓘ wildlife habitat ⓘ

How these facts were elicited