Nautical - meaning and illustration

1. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 3, paragraph 1:

" Every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles, measured from baselines determined in accordance with this Convention. "

2. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 10, paragraph 4:

" If the distance between the low-water marks of the natural entrance points of a bay does not exceed 24 nautical miles, a closing line may be drawn between these two low-water marks, and the waters enclosed thereby shall be considered as internal waters. "

3. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 10, paragraph 5:

" Where the distance between the low-water marks of the natural entrance points of a bay exceeds 24 nautical miles, a straight baseline of 24 nautical miles shall be drawn within the bay in such a manner as to enclose the maximum area of water that is possible with a line of that length. "

4. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 33, paragraph 2:

" The contiguous zone may not extend beyond 24 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. "

5. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, article 47, paragraph 2:

" The length of such baselines shall not exceed 100 nautical miles, except that up to 3 per cent of the total number of baselines enclosing any archipelago may exceed that length, up to a maximum length of 125 nautical miles. "