Decree No. 10-092/PR establishing the limits of the territorial sea of the Union of the Comoros. Country/Territory Comoros Document type Legislation Date 2010 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Sea Keyword Maritime zone Territorial sea Sovereignty Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Decree President of the Union of the Comoros establishes the outer limit of the territorial sea of the Union of the Comoros at lines every point of which is at a distance of twelve nautical miles from the nearest point of the archipelagic baseline. The straight archipelagic baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured is an irregular polygon, whose vertices are defined by the geographical coordinates of the outermost points of the islands of Grand Comore, Mohéli, Anjouan, Mayotte and the specified drying reefs. The baseline between two consecutive points is the straight line that joins them and that does not exceed one hundred nautical miles. Full text English/French Website www.un.org