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The world's exclusive economic zones by boundary types and EEZ types. An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.
The United States has the world's second-largest exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The total size is 11,351,000 km 2 (4,383,000 sq mi) 2. [1] Areas of its EEZ are located in three oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea. Most notable areas are Alaska, Hawaii, the East Coast, West Coast and Gulf Coast of the United States.
The exclusive economic zones of the United Kingdom in blue, including the British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. The British claim in Antarctica is shown in shaded blue. [1] The United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone is the fifth largest in the world at 6,805,586 km 2 (2,627,651 sq mi). [2]
Canada's exclusive economic zone and territorial waters. The exclusive economic zone of Canada is the area of the sea in which Canada has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. [1] Canada's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is the 7th-largest ...
Australia's exclusive economic zones, including its Antarctic claim. Australia's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) was declared on 1 August 1994 and extends from 12 to 200 nautical miles (22 to 370 km) from the coastline of Australia and its external territories, except where a maritime delimitation agreement exists with another state.
The exclusive economic zone of Italy shown in green. Italy has the world's 48th largest exclusive economic zone (EEZ), with an area of 541,915 km 2 (209,235 sq mi). [1] It claims an EEZ of 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) from its shores, which has long coastlines with the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west, the Ionian Sea to the south and the Adriatic Sea to the east.
France has, due to its overseas departments and regions that are scattered in all the oceans of Earth, the second largest exclusive economic zone of the world. The total EEZ of France is 11,691,000 km 2 (4,514,000 sq mi).
Claimed Exclusive Economic Zone of Greece. Greece forms the southernmost part of the Balkan peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea. It includes many small islands which vary between 1,200 and 6,000 in the Aegean Sea and the Ionian Sea. [2] The largest islands are Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios.