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" 6. The system of straight baselines may not be applied by a State in such a manner as to cut off the territorial sea of another State from the high seas or an exclusive economic zone."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
➡ line along the coast of a coastal State as marked on large-scale charts officially recognised by the coastal State which acts as the starting point for measuring the breadth of the sea around a coastal state.
➡ Abbreviation for Exclusive Economic Zone (defined in the Law of the Sea Convention).
➡ the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands
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