Outer limit of the territorial sea (12 nautical miles)

In compliance with Article 3 of UNCLOS, the outer limit of the territorial sea is located at 12 nautical miles from the baselines. It corresponds to the inner limit of the contiguous and exclusive economic zones.

The objects of the theme "Outer limit of the territorial sea" result from Shom computations and are published by decree of the French Republic. Some of those limits are note published by decree yet.

Citation proposal
Shom. Outer limit of the territorial sea (12 nautical miles). https://services.data.shom.fr:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/BDML_LIMIT_JURIFR_12M.xml

Simple

Date ( Revision ): 2022-11-03

Identifier: http://www.shom.fr/BDML/LIMIT_JURIFR/12M

Author

Shom

13 rue du Chatellier

BREST

29200

France

Keywords

regulation
law of the sea
Territorial sea
open data

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )

Administrative units

INSPIRE Spatial scope

Nationales

Use limitation: Data free of use by acknowledging its source. Open licence Etalab v. 2.0 avril 2017.

Use limitation: Product not certified for navigation

Use limitation: Data free of use by acknowledging its source. Open licence Etalab v. 2.0 avril 2017.

Access constraints: License

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Open licence Etalab v. 2.0 avril 2017.

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Pas de restriction d'accès public. No public access restrictions.

Classification: Unclassified

Spatial representation type: Vector

Metadata language: fre French

Character set: utf8 UTF8

Topic category

Boundaries

Distribution format

SHP
(
inapplicable
)
GML
(
3.2
)
7z
(
9.20
)

Point of contact

Shom

OnLine resource

French national portal of maritime limits

OnLine resource: DELMAR_BDD_WMSV
Access point / WMS vector

OnLine resource: DELMAR_PYR-PNG_WLD_3857_WMSR
Access point / WMS raster

OnLine resource: Download service

OnLine resource: DELMAR_BDD_WFS:au_maritimeboundary_territorialsea
Access point Outer limit of the territorial sea (12 nautical miles)

OnLine resource

Shom geoportal

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication ): 2014-04-17

Explanation: Information sur la conformité de la ressource à une spécification (INSPIRE).

Pass: true

Conformance result

Date ( Publication ): 2010-11-23

Explanation: Information sur la conformité au règlement d'interopérabilité des séries et des services de données géographiques.

Pass: true

Statement: The theme "Outer limit of the territorial sea" includes the outer limits of the territorial sea located at 12 nautical miles of the territorial sea baselines. Those baselines are composed of the low-water lline along the coast as epresented in the large-scale nautical charts officially recognised by the coastal State, the low-tide elevations located below 12 nautical miles from the low-water line and the straight baselines.