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Virgin Islands (Territorial Sea) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 2141 of 2007).

Country/Territory
British Virgin Islands (UK)
Document type
Regulation
Date
2007
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Sea
Keyword
Maritime zone EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Sovereignty
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Order extends the boundaries of the British Overseas Territory of the Virgin Islands so as to include, as territorial sea, the sea within twelve nautical miles of the baselines of the Virgin Islands, together with its seabed and subsoil. It defines the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured as generally the low-water line, except where there are fringing reefs or bays.

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