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" Artificial islands, installations and structures do not possess the status of islands. They have no territorial sea of their own, and their presence does not affect the delimitation of the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone or the continental shelf."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
β‘ Abbreviation for Exclusive Economic Zone (defined in the Law of the Sea Convention).
β‘ the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands