Limits in the Seas

This series issued by the Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs in the Department of State aims to examine coastal States’ maritime claims and/or boundaries and assess their consistency with international law. The studies represent the views of the United States Government only on the specific matters discussed therein and does not necessarily reflect an acceptance of the of the limits claimed.

12/05/14  No. 143 China's Maritime Claims in the South China Sea
09/16/14  No. 142 Philippines' Maritime Claims and Boundaries
09/16/14  No. 141 Indonesia's Maritime Claims and Boundaries
07/08/14  No. 140 Mauritius' Maritime Claims and Boundaries
05/23/14  No. 139 Tuvalu's Maritime Claims and Boundaries
05/23/14  No. 138 Papua New Guinea's Maritime Claims and Boundaries
03/28/14  No. 137 Vanuatu's Maritime Claims and Boundaries
03/28/14  No. 136 Solomon Islands' Maritime Claims and Boundaries
03/28/14  No. 135 Grenada's Maritime Claims and Boundaries
03/28/14  No. 134 Comoros' Maritime Claims and Boundaries
03/28/14  No. 133 Antigua and Barbuda's Maritime Claims and Boundaries
02/14/14  No. 132 Seychelles' Maritime Claims and Boundaries
02/03/14  No. 131 Trinidad and Tobago's Maritime Claims and Boundaries
02/03/14  No. 130 Dominican Republic's Maritime Claims and Boundaries
02/03/14  No. 129 Cabo Verde's Maritime Claims and Boundaries
02/03/14  No. 128 The Bahamas' Maritime Claims and Boundaries
11/15/05  No. 127 Taiwan's Maritime Claims
09/08/05  No. 126 Maldives Maritime Claims and Boundaries
02/05/04  No. 125 Jamaica's Maritime Claims and Boundaries
06/28/01  N0. 124 Straight Baseline Claim: Honduras
11/27/00  No. 123 Uruguay's Maritime Claims
09/08/00  No. 122 Thailand Straight Baseline Claims
09/30/98  No. 121 Straight Baseline and Territorial Sea Claims: South Korea
04/30/98  No. 120 Straight Baseline and Territorial Sea Claims: Japan
06/30/97  No. 119 Maritime Boundary: United States - Niue
12/20/96  No. 118 Straight Baseline Claim: Pakistan
07/09/96  No. 117 Straight Baselines Claim: China
05/06/94  No. 116 Straight Baseline Claims: Albania and Egypt
04/11/94  No. 115 United States - United Kingdom Maritime Boundaries in the Caribbean
03/16/94  No. 114 Iran's Maritime Claims
05/22/92  No. 113 Straight Baseline Claims: Djibouti and Oman
03/09/92  No. 112 United States Responses to Excessive National Maritime Claims
09/17/90  No. 111 Straight Baseline Claim Costa Rica
02/21/90  No. 110 Maritime Boundary Cuba - United States
09/29/88  No. 109 Continental Shelf Boundary Turkey - USSR and Straight Baselines: USSR (Black Sea)
11/20/90  No. 108 Maritime Boundaries of the World
09/30/87  No. 107 Straight Baselines: USSR (Pacific Ocean, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, and Bering Sea)
08/31/87  No. 106 Developing Standard Guidelines for Evaluating Straight Baselines
02/22/86  No, 105 Maritime Boundaries: Colombia - Dominican Republic and Netherlands (Netherlands Antilles) - Venezuela
09/10/85  No. 104 Maritime Boundary: Cuba - Mexico
04/30/85  No. 103 Straight Baselines: Colombia
01/30/85  No. 102 Maritime Boundary: Burma - Thailand
11/30/84  No. 101 Fiji's Maritime Claims
12/30/83  No. 100 Maritime Boundaries: United States - Cook Islands and United States - New Zealand (Tokelau)
12/12/83  No. 99 Straight Baselines: Vietnam
11/01/83  No. 98 Archipelagic Straight Baselines: Sao Tome and Principe
12/06/82  No. 97 Maritime Boundaries: Costa Rica - Panama
06/06/82  No. 96 Continental Shelf Boundary: Greece - Italy
04/16/82  No. 95 Maritime Boundary: France (Reunion) - Mauritius
09/11/81  No. 94 Continental Shelf Boundaries: The Persian Gulf
09/17/81  No. 93 Continental Shelf Boundaries: India - Indonesia - Thailand
06/23/81  No. 92 Maritime Boundary: Kenya - Tanzania
12/16/80  No. 91 Maritime Boundary: United States - Venezuela
05/14/80  No. 90 Continental Shelf Boundary: Italy - Spain
01/07/80  No. 89 Continental Shelf Boundary: Italy - Tunisia
10/02/79  No. 88 Maritime Boundary: Ecuador - Peru
09/20/79  No. 87 Territorial Sea and Continental Shelf Boundaries: Australia and Papua New Guinea - Indonesia
07/02/79  No. 86 Maritime Boundary: Chile - Peru
02/23/79  No. 85 Maritime Boundary: The Gambia - Senegal
02/15/79  No. 84 Maritime Boundary: Colombia - Costa Rica
02/12/79  No. 83 Territorial Sea and Continental Shelf Boundaries: France - Spain
01/22/79  No. 82 Straight Baselines: Republic of Korea
12/07/78  No. 81 Maritime Boundaries: Indonesia - Malaysia - Thailand
05/12/80  No. 80 Straight Baselines: Chile - Addendum
11/15/78  No. 80 Straight Baselines: Chile
11/03/78  No. 79 Maritime Boundaries: Colombia - Panama
07/24/78  No. 78 Maritime Boundary: India - Maldives and Maldives' Claimed Economic Zone
02/16/78  No. 77 Maritime Boundaries: India - Sri Lanka
10/28/77  No. 76 Straight Baselines: Cuba
09/02/77  No. 75 Continental Shelf Boundary and Joint Development Zone: Japan - Republic of Korea
10/05/76  No. 74 Maritime Boundary: Federal Republic of Germany - German Democratic Republic
09/30/76  No. 73 Maritime Boundary: Brazil - Uruguay
09/04/76  No. 72 Continental Shelf Boundary: Canada - Greenland
06/16/76  No. 71 Continental Shelf Boundary: Finland - Sweden
04/06/76  No. 70 Fisheries Agreement: China - Japan
04/01/76  No. 69 Maritime Boundary: Colombia - Ecuador
03/15/76  No. 68 Territorial Sea and Continental Shelf Boundary: Guinea - Bissau - Senegal
01/01/76  No. 67 Continental Shelf Boundary: Iran - Oman
12/12/75  No. 66 Historic Waters Boundary: India - Sri Lanka
11/28/75  No. 65 Continental Shelf and Territorial Sea Boundaries: German Democratic Republic and Poland
10/24/75  No. 64 Continental Shelf Boundary: Argentina - Uruguay
09/30/75  No. 63 Continental Shelf Boundary: Iran - United Arab Emirates (Dubai)
09/25/75  No. 62 Continental Shelf Boundary: India - Indonesia
06/04/75  No. 61 Straight Baselines: Oman (Hypothetical)
11/11/74  No. 60 Territorial Sea Boundary: Indonesia - Singapore
10/09/74  No. 59 Soviet Union - Turkey Territorial Sea Boundary
09/13/74  No. 58 Continental Shelf Boundary: Bahrain - Iran
09/12/74  No. 57 Canada - St. Pierre and Miquelon Territorial Sea Boundary
10/19/73  No. 56 Continental Shelf Boundary: Finland - Soviet Union (Northern Baltic Sea)
10/19/73  No. 55 Territorial Sea and Continental Shelf Boundaries: Poland - Soviet Union
10/11/73  No. 54 Straight Baselines: Senegal
10/10/73  No. 53 Straight Baselines: Syria
10/09/73  No. 52 Straight Baselines: East Germany
05/25/73  No. 51 Straight Baselines: Haiti
01/10/73  No. 50 Territorial Sea Boundary: Indonesia - Malaysia
11/10/72  No. 49 Territorial Sea Boundary: Cyprus - Sovereign Base Area (U.K.)
09/15/72  No. 48 Straight Baselines: Finland
09/14/72  No. 47 Straight Baselines: Sweden
09/12/72  No. 46 Theoretical Areas Allocations of Seabed to Coastal States
09/11/72  No. 45 Maritime Boundary: Mexico - United States
09/10/72  No. 44 Straight Baselines: Argentina
07/01/78  No. 43 Straight Baselines: People's Republic of China
05/23/72  No. 42 Straight Baselines: Ecuador
03/07/72  No. 41 Straight Baselines: Mauritius
03/07/72  No. 40 Straight Baselines: Guinea
03/06/72  No. 39 Straight Baselines: Svalbard
01/11/74  No. 38 Straight Baselines: Germany
02/29/72  No. 37 Straight Baselines: France
05/25/00  No. 36 National Claims to Maritime Jurisdiction
07/20/71  No. 35 Straight Baselines: Indonesia
07/01/74  No. 34 Straight Baselines: Iceland
03/23/73  No. 33 Straight Baselines: Philippines
03/25/71  No. 32 Straight Baselines: Turkey
03/24/71  No. 31 Straight Baselines: Thailand
11/13/70  No. 30 Straight Baselines: Portuguese Guinea
11/12/70  No. 29 Straight Baselines: Mozambique
11/10/70  No. 28 Straight Baselines: Angola
11/09/70  No. 27 Straight Baselines: Portugal
07/16/70  No. 26 Territorial Sea Boundary: Denmark - Sweden
07/09/70  No. 25 Continental Shelf Boundary: Iran - Qatar
07/06/70  No. 24 Continental Shelf Boundary: Iran - Saudi Arabia
06/26/70  No. 23 Straight Baselines: United Kingdom
06/22/70  No. 22 Straight Baselines: United Arab Republic
06/11/70  No. 21 Straight Baselines: Venezuela
06/08/70  No. 20 Straight Baselines: Saudi Arabia
12/21/78  No. 19 Straight Baselines: Denmark
05/29/70  No. 18 Continental Shelf Boundary: Abu Dhabi - Qatar
05/27/70  No. 17 Continental Shelf Boundary: Norway - Soviet Union
05/25/70  No. 16 Continental Shelf Boundary: Finland - Soviet Union
03/16/70  No. 15 Straight Baselines: Madagascar
03/14/70  No. 14 Straight Baselines: Burma
03/12/70  No. 13 Straight Baselines: Faeroes
03/10/70  No. 12 Continental Shelf Boundary: Bahrain - Saudia Arabia
03/06/70  No. 11 Continental Shelf Boundary: Trinidad and Tobago - Venezuela
06/14/74  No. 10 North Sea Continental Shelf Boundaries
02/20/70  No. 9 Continental Shelf Boundary: Italy - Yugoslavia
02/18/70  No. 8 Straight Baselines: Mauritania
02/16/70  No. 7 Straight Baselines: Albania
02/06/70  No. 6 Straight Baselines: Yugoslavia
01/25/70  No. 5 Straight Baselines: Dominican Republic
01/24/70  No. 4 Straight Baselines: Mexico
01/23/70  No. 3 Straight Baselines: Ireland
01/22/70  No. 2 Continental Shelf Boundary: Norway - Sweden
01/21/70  No. 1 Continental Shelf Boundary: Indonesia - Malaysia