Preferred term
CONTIGUOUS ZONE
Broader concept
Scope note
- An area contiguous to the territorial sea, extending no more than 24 nautical miles from the coast, in which the coastal state may exercise the control necessary to prevent and punish infringements of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary regulations within its territory or territorial sea
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URI
http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1001271