➡ 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).

➡ connected with ships, sailors and sailing, seamanship, marine navigation.

➡ a unit used in measuring distances at sea, equal to 1,852 metres (approximately 2,025 yards), or one minute of arc along the Earth’s equator.

➡ the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands