What does «agua jurisdiccionales» mean in Spanish?
- Those that bathe the coasts of a State and are subject to its jurisdiction up to a certain limit determined by international law. Beyond these waters is the High Seas. Territorial sea Territorial sea, as defined in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is a belt of coastal waters extending not more than 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 miles) from the baseline (usually the mean low-water mark) of a coastal state. The territorial sea is considered to be the sovereign territory of the state, although innocent passage of foreign vessels (military and civilian), or transit through straits, is permitted; this sovereignty also extends to the airspace over the seabed and sea floor. The adjustment of these limits is called, in international law, maritime delimitation.