international waters

English

international waters
dark blue indicates those outside any nation's exclusive economic zone

Noun

international waters pl (plural only)

(international law) Those parts of the ocean that are not legally recognized as being under the jurisdiction of any national government.

Synonyms

(international law): high seas

Coordinate terms

(international law, maritime law): territorial waters, exclusive economic zone, international waterway

Translations

ocean not belonging to any country

Chinese:
Mandarin: 公海 (zh) (gōnghǎi)
Esperanto: internacia maro
Finnish: kansainväliset vedet
French: eaux internationales (fr) f pl
Greek: διεθνή ύδατα n pl (diethní ýdata)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: internasjonalt farvann n
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: междунаро́дные во́ды f pl (meždunaródnyje vódy), нейтра́льные во́ды (ru) f pl (nejtrálʹnyje vódy), откры́тое мо́ре (ru) n (otkrýtoje móre)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

flag state
universal jurisdiction

Further reading

international waters on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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