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  1. The world's exclusive economic zones by boundary types and EEZ types. An exclusive economic zone ( EEZ ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water ...

  2. The United States has the world's second-largest exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The total size is 11,351,000 km 2 (4,383,000 sq mi) 2. [1] Areas of its EEZ are located in three oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea. Most notable areas are Alaska, Hawaii, the East Coast, West Coast and Gulf Coast of the United States.

    Territory
    Eez Area (km2)
    Eez Area (sq Mi)
    Notes
    3,770,021
    1,455,613
    A non-contiguous state in the northwest ...
    Hawaii – Northwestern Islands
    1,579,538
    609,863
    Including Midway Atoll, these islands ...
    915,763
    353,578
    The mainland coastal states of the ...
    Hawaii – Southeastern Islands
    895,346
    345,695
    These islands form the Windward Islands ...
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    Monaco's waters are enclaves in the French EEZ. The situation is more unclear for the Channel Islands. Some maps show the EEZ being enclaved by the French EEZ,while others show the Guernsey EEZ extending to the border with the UK EEZ. Outside of mainland France and overseas departments or communities (Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunio...

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    1. France claims some of Canada's EEZ at Saint Pierre and Miquelon, based on a new definition of the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone between the two countries. Saint Pierre and Miquelonis entirely surrounded by Canada's EEZ. 2. Mauritius claims sovereignty over Tromelin although it is not mentioned in the listing of the 8th article of the 1814 Paris Treaty. It is administered as part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

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  4. The exclusive economic zone of the Philippines (Philippine EEZ) mandated by UNCLOS consists of four subzones. [1] It covers 2,263,816 square kilometers (874,064 sq mi) of sea. The Philippines has 7,641 islands comprising the Philippine archipelago. [2] The coordinates are between 116° 40', and 126° 34' E longitude and 4° 40' and 21° 10' N ...

  5. Exclusive economic zone of Japan. Japan has the eighth-largest exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the world. [1] The total area of Japan is about 380 thousand km 2. [2] Japan's EEZ area is vast and the territorial waters (including the Seto Inland Sea) and EEZ together is about 4.47 million km 2.

  6. The exclusive economic zone of Canada is the area of the sea in which Canada has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. [1] Canada's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is the 7th-largest in the world. [2]

  7. The exclusive economic zone is the zone where the U.S. and other coastal nations have jurisdiction over natural resources. This NOAA map shows the U.S. exclusive economic zone. The U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) extends no more than 200 nautical miles from the territorial sea baseline and is adjacent to the 12 nautical mile territorial sea ...

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