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Country	Maritime claims
Afghanistan	none (landlocked)
Albania	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation territorial sea: 12 NM
Algeria	exclusive fishing zone: 32-52 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
American Samoa	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Andorra	none (landlocked)
Angola	contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Anguilla	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 3 NM
Antarctica	none; 20 of 27 Antarctic consultative nations have made no claims to Antarctic territory (although Russia and the US have reserved the right to do so) and do not recognize the claims of the other nations; also see the Disputes - international entry
Antigua and Barbuda	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Argentina	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Armenia	none (landlocked)
Aruba	territorial sea: 12 NM
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	contiguous zone: 12 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Australia	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Austria	none (landlocked)
Azerbaijan	none (landlocked)
Bahamas, The	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Bahrain	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: extending to boundaries to be determined territorial sea: 12 NM
Baker Island	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Bangladesh	contiguous zone: 18 NM continental shelf: up to the outer limits of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Barbados	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Bassas da India	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Belarus	none (landlocked)
Belgium	continental shelf: median line with neighbors exclusive economic zone: median line with neighbors (extends about 68 km from coast) territorial sea: 12 NM
Belize	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM in the north, 3 NM in the south; note - from the mouth of the Sarstoon River to Ranguana Cay, Belize's territorial sea is 3 NM; according to Belize's Maritime Areas Act, 1992, the purpose of this limitation is to provide a framework for the negotiation of a definitive agreement on territorial differences with Guatemala
Benin	territorial sea: 200 NM
Bermuda	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Bhutan	none (landlocked)
Bolivia	none (landlocked)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	NA
Botswana	none (landlocked)
Bouvet Island	territorial sea: 4 NM
Brazil	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
British Indian Ocean Territory	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 3 NM
British Virgin Islands	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 3 NM
Brunei	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM or to median line territorial sea: 12 NM
Bulgaria	contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Burkina Faso	none (landlocked)
Burma	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Burundi	none (landlocked)
Cambodia	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Cameroon	territorial sea: 50 NM
Canada	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Cape Verde	measured from claimed archipelagic baselines contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Cayman Islands	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Central African Republic	none (landlocked)
Chad	none (landlocked)
Chile	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200/350 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
China	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin territorial sea: 12 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
Christmas Island	contiguous zone: 12 NM exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Clipperton Island	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Colombia	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Comoros	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	exclusive economic zone: boundaries with neighbors territorial sea: 12 NM
Congo, Republic of the	territorial sea: 200 NM
Cook Islands	continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Coral Sea Islands	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 3 NM
Costa Rica	continental shelf: 200 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Cote d'Ivoire	continental shelf: 200 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Croatia	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation territorial sea: 12 NM
Cuba	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Cyprus	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation territorial sea: 12 NM
Czech Republic	none (landlocked)
Denmark	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Djibouti	contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Dominica	contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Dominican Republic	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 6 NM
East Timor	contiguous zone: NA NM exclusive fishing zone: NA NM continental shelf: NA NM exclusive economic zone: NA NM territorial sea: NA NM extended fishing zone: NA NM
Ecuador	continental shelf: claims continental shelf between mainland and Galapagos Islands territorial sea: 200 NM
Egypt	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
El Salvador	territorial sea: 200 NM
Equatorial Guinea	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Eritrea	territorial sea: 12 NM
Estonia	exclusive economic zone: limits fixed in coordination with neighboring states territorial sea: 12 NM
Ethiopia	none (landlocked)
Europa Island	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	continental shelf: 200 NM exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Faroe Islands	continental shelf: 200 NM or agreed boundaries or median line exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM or agreed boundaries or median line territorial sea: 3 NM
Fiji	measured from claimed archipelagic baselines continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation; rectilinear shelf claim added exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Finland	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM; extends to continental shelf boundary with Sweden territorial sea: 12 NM (in the Gulf of Finland - 3 NM)
France	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM (does not apply to the Mediterranean) territorial sea: 12 NM
French Guiana	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
French Polynesia	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM from Iles Kerguelen only territorial sea: 12 NM
Gabon	contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Gambia, The	contiguous zone: 18 NM continental shelf: not specified exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Gaza Strip	Israeli-occupied with current status subject to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement - permanent status to be determined through further negotiation
Georgia	NA
Germany	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Ghana	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Gibraltar	territorial sea: 3 NM
Glorioso Islands	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Greece	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation territorial sea: 6 NM
Greenland	continental shelf: 200 NM or agreed boundaries or median line exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM or agreed boundaries or median line territorial sea: 3 NM
Grenada	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Guadeloupe	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Guam	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Guatemala	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Guernsey	exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM territorial sea: 3 NM
Guinea	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Guinea-Bissau	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Guyana	continental shelf: 200 NM or to the outer edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Haiti	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: to depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Holy See (Vatican City)	none (landlocked)
Honduras	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: natural extension of territory or to 200 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Hong Kong	territorial sea: 3 NM
Howland Island	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Hungary	none (landlocked)
Iceland	continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
India	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Indonesia	measured from claimed archipelagic baselines exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Iran	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: natural prolongation exclusive economic zone: bilateral agreements or median lines in the Persian Gulf territorial sea: 12 NM
Iraq	continental shelf: not specified territorial sea: 12 NM
Ireland	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Israel	continental shelf: to depth of exploitation territorial sea: 12 NM
Italy	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation territorial sea: 12 NM
Jamaica	measured from claimed archipelagic baselines contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Jan Mayen	contiguous zone: 10 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 4 NM
Japan	contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM; between 3 NM and 12 NM in the international straits - La Perouse or Soya, Tsugaru, Osumi, and Eastern and Western Channels of the Korea or Tsushima Strait
Jarvis Island	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Jersey	exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM territorial sea: 3 NM
Johnston Atoll	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Jordan	territorial sea: 3 NM
Juan de Nova Island	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Kazakhstan	none (landlocked)
Kenya	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Kingman Reef	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Kiribati	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Korea, North	territorial sea: 12 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM note: military boundary line 50 NM in the Sea of Japan and the exclusive economic zone limit in the Yellow Sea where all foreign vessels and aircraft without permission are banned
Korea, South	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: not specified exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM; between 3 NM and 12 NM in the Korea Strait
Kuwait	territorial sea: 12 NM
Kyrgyzstan	none (landlocked)
Laos	none (landlocked)
Latvia	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Lebanon	territorial sea: 12 NM
Lesotho	none (landlocked)
Liberia	territorial sea: 200 NM
Libya	territorial sea: 12 NM note: Gulf of Sidra closing line - 32 degrees, 30 minutes north
Liechtenstein	none (landlocked)
Lithuania	territorial sea: 12 NM
Luxembourg	none (landlocked)
Macau	not specified
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	none (landlocked)
Madagascar	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or 100 NM from the 2,500-m deep isobath exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Malawi	none (landlocked)
Malaysia	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation; specified boundary in the South China Sea exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Maldives	measured from claimed archipelagic baselines contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Mali	none (landlocked)
Malta	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive fishing zone: 25 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Man, Isle of	exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Marshall Islands	contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Martinique	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Mauritania	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Mauritius	continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Mayotte	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Mexico	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Micronesia, Federated States of	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Midway Islands	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Moldova	none (landlocked)
Monaco	territorial sea: 12 NM
Mongolia	none (landlocked)
Montserrat	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 3 NM
Morocco	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Mozambique	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Namibia	contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Nauru	contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Navassa Island	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Nepal	none (landlocked)
Netherlands	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Netherlands Antilles	exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
New Caledonia	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
New Zealand	continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Nicaragua	continental shelf: natural prolongation territorial sea: 200 NM
Niger	none (landlocked)
Nigeria	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Niue	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Norfolk Island	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Northern Mariana Islands	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Norway	contiguous zone: 10 NM continental shelf: 200 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 4 NM
Oman	contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Pakistan	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Palau	exclusive fishing zone: 12 NM extended fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 3 NM
Palmyra Atoll	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Panama	contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Papua New Guinea	measured from claimed archipelagic baselines continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Paracel Islands	NA
Paraguay	none (landlocked)
Peru	continental shelf: 200 NM territorial sea: 200 NM
Philippines	continental shelf: to depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: irregular polygon extending up to 100 NM from coastline as defined by 1898 treaty; since late 1970s has also claimed polygonal-shaped area in South China Sea up to 285 NM in breadth
Pitcairn Islands	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 3 NM
Poland	exclusive economic zone: defined by international treaties territorial sea: 12 NM
Portugal	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Puerto Rico	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Qatar	contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: as determined by bilateral agreements or the median line territorial sea: 12 NM
Reunion	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Romania	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Russia	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Rwanda	none (landlocked)
Saint Helena	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Saint Kitts and Nevis	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin territorial sea: 12 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
Saint Lucia	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Samoa	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
San Marino	none (landlocked)
Sao Tome and Principe	measured from claimed archipelagic baselines exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Saudi Arabia	contiguous zone: 18 NM continental shelf: not specified territorial sea: 12 NM
Senegal	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Serbia and Montenegro	NA
Seychelles	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Sierra Leone	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Singapore	exclusive fishing zone: within and beyond territorial sea, as defined in treaties and practice territorial sea: 3 NM
Slovakia	none (landlocked)
Slovenia	NA
Solomon Islands	measured from claimed archipelagic baselines continental shelf: 200 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Somalia	territorial sea: 200 NM
South Africa	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Spain	contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM (applies only to the Atlantic Ocean) territorial sea: 12 NM
Spratly Islands	NA
Sri Lanka	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Sudan	contiguous zone: 18 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation territorial sea: 12 NM
Suriname	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Svalbard	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM unilaterally claimed by Norway but not recognized by Russia territorial sea: 4 NM
Swaziland	none (landlocked)
Sweden	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: agreed boundaries or midlines territorial sea: 12 NM (adjustments made to return a portion of straits to high seas)
Switzerland	none (landlocked)
Syria	contiguous zone: 41 NM territorial sea: 35 NM
Taiwan	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Tajikistan	none (landlocked)
Tanzania	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Thailand	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Togo	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 30 NM
Tokelau	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Tonga	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Trinidad and Tobago	measured from claimed archipelagic baselines contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the outer edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Tromelin Island	continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Tunisia	contiguous zone: 24 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Turkey	exclusive economic zone: in Black Sea only: to the maritime boundary agreed upon with the former USSR territorial sea: 6 NM in the Aegean Sea; 12 NM in Black Sea and in Mediterranean Sea
Turkmenistan	none (landlocked)
Turks and Caicos Islands	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Tuvalu	contiguous zone: 24 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Uganda	none (landlocked)
Ukraine	continental shelf: 200-m or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
United Arab Emirates	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
United Kingdom	continental shelf: as defined in continental shelf orders or in accordance with agreed upon boundaries exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
United States	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: not specified exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Uruguay	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Uzbekistan	none (doubly landlocked)
Vanuatu	measured from claimed archipelagic baselines contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Venezuela	contiguous zone: 15 NM continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Vietnam	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Virgin Islands	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Wake Island	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Wallis and Futuna	exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
West Bank	none (landlocked)
Western Sahara	contingent upon resolution of sovereignty issue
World	a variety of situations exist, but in general, most countries make the following claims: contiguous zone - 24 NM; continental shelf - 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation, or 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin; exclusive fishing zone - 200 NM; exclusive economic zone - 200 NM; territorial sea - 12 NM; boundary situations with neighboring states prevent many countries from extending their fishing or economic zones to a full 200 NM; 43 nations and other areas that are landlocked include Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, San Marino, Slovakia, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe; two of these, Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan, are doubly landlocked
Yemen	contiguous zone: 24 NM continental shelf: 200 NM or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 12 NM
Zambia	none (landlocked)
Zimbabwe	none (landlocked)

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