Territorial sea baseline definition

Territorial sea baseline means the line from which the territorial sea is measured, which is generally the low water line along the coasts including the coasts of islands and special closing lines drawn tangent to the headlands across the mouths of rivers, bays, inlets, and other similar indentations.

Territorial sea baseline means thef delimitation of the shoreward extent of the territorial seas of the United States

Territorial sea baseline means the line from which the territorial sea is measured, which is

Examples of Territorial sea baseline in a sentence

• The Program includes activities authorised by titles, permits and licences under the OPGGS Act in Commonwealth waters (those areas more than three nautical miles from the Territorial sea baseline and within the Commonwealth Petroleum Jurisdiction Boundary), as well as petroleum activities in state or Northern Territory designated coastal waters where environmental management functions have been conferred under legislation (see Figure below).

• Territorial sea baseline means the line defining the shoreward extent of the territorial sea of the United States drawn according to the principles, as recognized by the United States, of the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, 15 U.S.T. 1606, and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 21 I.L.M. 1261.

• Where the 72 COLREGS demarcation lines do notexist, the regulations in this section do not apply to the waters landward of the Territorial sea baseline, where appropriate, in Maine (as depicted or noted on nautical charts published by the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (Coast Charts 1:80,000scale), and as described in 33 CFR 2.20) or landward of the following lines:Maine44°49.863′ N., 66°55.664′ W.

• Where the 72 COLREGS demarcation lines do not exist, the regulations in this section do not apply to the waters landward of the Territorial sea baseline, where appropriate, in Maine (as depicted or noted on nautical charts published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Coast Charts 1:80,000 scale), and as described in 33 CFR 2.20) or landward of the following lines:Maine44°49.863′ N., 66°55.664′ W.

• Subpart 2.05—Definitions of Jurisdictional Terms2.05–1 High seas.2.05–5 Territorial seas.2.05–10 Territorial sea baseline.

• Coast Guard, DHS § 165.153 Territorial sea baseline means the line defining the shoreward extent of the territorial sea of the United States drawn according to the principles, as recognized by the United States, of the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, 15 U.S.T. 1606, and the 1982 United Nations Conven- tion on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 21 I.L.M. 1261.