Which zone is defined as extending up to 24 nautical miles from base lines?

Which zone is defined as extending up to 24 nautical miles from base lines?

• A. Internal Waters
• B. Contiguous Zone
• C. Territorial Seas
• D. Exclusive Economic Zone

Answer: (C)

Baselines determine how far a coast’s zones reach. The territorial sea runs up to 12 nautical miles from the baseline, where the coastal state has full sovereignty. Beyond that, up to 24 nautical miles, lies the contiguous zone, where the state can enforce and suppress infringements of its customs, fiscal, immigration, and sanitary laws. The exclusive economic zone stretches further to 200 nautical miles and is about resource rights rather than full sovereignty, while internal waters are on the landward side of the baseline and are fully sovereign. So the description of extending up to 24 nautical miles corresponds to the Contiguous Zone.

Baselines determine how far a coast’s zones reach. The territorial sea runs up to 12 nautical miles from the baseline, where the coastal state has full sovereignty. Beyond that, up to 24 nautical miles, lies the contiguous zone, where the state can enforce and suppress infringements of its customs, fiscal, immigration, and sanitary laws. The exclusive economic zone stretches further to 200 nautical miles and is about resource rights rather than full sovereignty, while internal waters are on the landward side of the baseline and are fully sovereign. So the description of extending up to 24 nautical miles corresponds to the Contiguous Zone.