territorial waters
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The Mariana Islands, Guam and American Samoa all want at least a temporary ban on deep-sea mining in their territorial waters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Russian warships regularly pass through international waters in the Channel, which are separate from UK and French territorial waters.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Instead, Oman has been operating a channel through the strategic waterway that runs through its territorial waters and skirts the lanes managed by Tehran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The strait comprises Omani and Iranian territorial waters, but under customary international law the two cannot generally block passage or charge tolls.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The Danish gunboat compelled the Huns to cease firing on the defenceless crew of this submarine, stranded in Danish territorial waters.
From The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War by E. F. (Edward Frederick) Knight
