" Archipelagic sea lanes passage means the exercise in accordance with this Convention of the rights of navigation and overflight in the normal mode solely for the purpose of continuous, expeditious and unobstructed transit between one part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone and another part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone."
DEFINITION OF TERMS IN THIS CLAUSE
β‘ Abbreviation for Exclusive Economic Zone (defined in the Law of the Sea Convention).
β‘ Passage means navigation through the territorial sea for the purpose of: a) traversing that sea without entering internal waters or calling at a roadstead or port facility outside internal waters; or (b) proceeding to or from internal waters or a call at such roadstead or port facility.
β‘ A species that lives in midwater or close to the surface.
β‘ the salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands
β‘ an official route at sea usually designate or prescribe by the coastal State for the regulation of passage traffic. It is regularly used by ships and other sea vessels during passage.