The CIA World Factbook Edition 1993 Geography
Maritime claims In 36 editions of 36.
Maritime claims was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1993 edition carries it in 262 entries, in its Geography section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 1993 edition
- 262
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Maritime claims” (1990 to 2025) and “Territorial sea” (1990).
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World
1 entryWorld
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm claimed by most but can vary
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth claimed by most or to the depth of exploitation, others claim 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm claimed by most but can vary
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm claimed by most but can vary
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm claimed by most but can vary
note: boundary situations with neighboring states prevent many countries from extending their fishing or economic zones to a full 200 nm; 42 nations and other areas that are landlocked include Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, San Marino, Slovakia, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Africa
62 entriesBassas da India
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Cape Verde now Cabo Verde
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Egypt
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- not specified
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
The Gambia
- contiguous zone:
- 18 nm
- continental shelf:
- not specified
- exclusive fishing 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
Juan de Nova Island
- contiguous zone:
- 12 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Mauritania
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or the edge of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Mauritius
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or the edge of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Morocco
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Nigeria
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 30 nm
Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Sao Tome and Principe
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Senegal
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or the edge of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Seychelles
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or the edge of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
South Africa
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Sudan
- contiguous zone:
- 18 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Tromelin Island
- contiguous zone:
- 12 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Antarctic Region
5 entriesFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm from Iles Kerguelen only
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Arctic Region
4 entriesIceland
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or the edge of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Jan Mayen
- contiguous zone:
- 10 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 4 nm
Svalbard
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm unilaterally claimed by Norway but not recognized by Russia
- territorial sea:
- 4 nm
Asia
23 entriesAzerbaijan
NA
note: Azerbaijani claims in Caspian Sea unknown; 10 nm fishing zone provided for in 1940 treaty regarding trade and navigation between Soviet Union and Iran
Bangladesh
- contiguous zone:
- 18 nm
- continental shelf:
- up to outer limits of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
China
- continental shelf:
- claim to shallow areas of East China Sea and Yellow Sea
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Georgia
note: 12 nm in 1973 USSR-Turkish Protocol concerning the sea boundary between the two states in the Black Sea; Georgia claims the coastline along the Black Sea as its international waters, although it cannot control this area and the Russian navy and commercial ships transit freely
India
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or the edge of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Japan
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm 3 nm in the international straits - La Perouse or Soya, Tsugaru, Osumi, and Eastern and Western channels of the Korea or Tsushima Strait
Kazakhstan
landlocked, but boundaries with Uzbekistan in the Sea of Azov and with Russia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan in the Caspian Sea are yet to be determined
Korea, North now North Korea
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- 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 now South Korea
- continental shelf:
- not specified
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm; 3 nm in the Korea Strait
Maldives
- exclusive economic zone:
- 35-310 nm as defined by geographic coordinates; segment of zone coincides with maritime boundary with India
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Pakistan
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or the edge of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Russia
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Sri Lanka
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or the edge of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Turkmenistan
landlocked, but boundaries in the Caspian Sea with Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Iran will have to be negotiated
Central America and the Caribbean
32 entriesThe Bahamas
- continental shelf:
- 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 3 nm
Belize
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm in the north, 3 nm in the south
note: from the mouth of the Sarstoon River to Ranguana Caye, Belize's territorial sea is 3 miles; 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
Dominican Republic
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or the outer edge of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 6 nm
Guatemala
- continental shelf:
- the outer edge of the continental shelf
- 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
Honduras
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Nicaragua
- contiguous zone:
- 25 nm security zone (status of claim uncertain)
- continental shelf:
- not specified
- territorial sea:
- 200 nm
Puerto Rico
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m (depth)
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Trinidad and Tobago
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or the outer edge of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Virgin Islands
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m or depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Europe
46 entriesBelgium
- continental shelf:
- equidistant line with neighbors
- exclusive fishing zone:
- equidistant line with neighbors (extends about 68 km from coast)
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth
- exclusive economic zone:
- 12 nm
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 12 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Croatia
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 12 nm
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 12 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Denmark
- contiguous zone:
- 4 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 3 nm
Finland
- contiguous zone:
- 6 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 12 nm
- territorial sea:
- 4 nm
Germany
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 3 nm in North Sea and Schleswig-Holstein coast of Baltic Sea (extends, at one point, to 16 nm in the Helgolander Bucht); 12 nm in remainder of Baltic Sea
Greece
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- territorial sea:
- 6 nm, but Greece has threatened to claim 12 nm
Malta
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 25 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Norway
- contiguous zone:
- 10 nm
- continental shelf:
- to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 4 nm
Portugal
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Romania
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Sweden
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive fishing 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
Middle East
17 entriesIran
- continental shelf:
- not specified
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 50 nm in the Sea of Oman; continental shelf limit, continental shelf boundaries, or median lines in the Persian Gulf
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Oman
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- to be defined
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Turkey now Turkiye
- 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 the Black Sea and in the Mediterranean Sea
United Arab Emirates
- continental shelf:
- defined by bilateral boundaries or equidistant line
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 3 nm assumed for most of country, 12 nm for Ash Shariqah (Sharjah)
Yemen
- contiguous zone:
- 18 nm in the North 24 nm in the South
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth in the North 200 nm in the South or to the edge of the continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
North America
6 entriesCanada
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Mexico
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or the natural prolongation of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
United States
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m or depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Oceania
34 entriesAmerican Samoa
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m or depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Australia
- contiguous zone:
- 12 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Baker Island
- contiguous zone:
- 12 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m or depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Cook Islands
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or the edge of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Fiji
(measured from claimed archipelagic baselines)
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation; rectilinear shelf claim added
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Guam
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m or depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Howland Island
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m or the depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Jarvis Island
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m or depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Johnston Atoll
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m or depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Kingman Reef
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m or depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Midway Islands
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m (depth)
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
New Zealand
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or the edge of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Northern Mariana Islands
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m (depth)
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau) now Palau
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m or depth of exploitation
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Palmyra Atoll
- contiguous zone:
- 12 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m (depth)
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Papua New Guinea
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Solomon Islands
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Vanuatu
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or the edge of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Wake Island
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m or depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
South America
14 entriesArgentina
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- not specified
- territorial sea:
- 200 nm; overflight and navigation permitted beyond 12 nm
Brazil
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Chile
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Ecuador
- continental shelf:
- claims continental shelf between mainland and Galapagos Islands
- territorial sea:
- 200 nm
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
- continental shelf:
- 100 m depth
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Guyana
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or the outer edge of continental margin
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Uruguay
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- territorial sea:
- 200 nm; overflight and navigation permitted beyond 12 nm
Venezuela
- contiguous zone:
- 15 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Southeast Asia
18 entriesAshmore and Cartier Islands
- contiguous zone:
- 12 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploration
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 3 nm
Burma now Burma (Myanmar)
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or to the edge of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Cambodia
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Indonesia
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Malaysia
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation; specified boundary in the South China Sea
- exclusive fishing zone:
- 200 nm
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
Philippines
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
- 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
Vietnam
- contiguous zone:
- 24 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 nm or the edge of continental margin
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1993, “Maritime claims”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/maritime-claims/1993.