Laki Suomen aluevesien rajoista | 463 — Finland law | Esheria

Laki Suomen aluevesien rajoista

The provision defines Finland’s territorial waters and says a far-off isolated island, skerry, shoal, or group may have its own separate territorial waters.

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Jurisdiction
Finland
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
463
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
fi
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boundaries boundary determination implementation by decree marine boundary marking maritime boundaries merialueet rajankuvaus surveying territorial sea territorial waters

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The provision defines Finland’s territorial waters and says a far-off isolated island, skerry, shoal, or group may have its own separate territorial waters. Territorial waters are divided into internal waters and external waters (territorial sea). This section defines “internal territorial waters.” Peruspisteet pitää valita niin, että ne ovat pitkäaikaisiin vedenkorkeusmittauksiin perustuvan keskivedenkorkeuden tason yläpuolella; tason alapuolinenkin piste voidaan hyväksyä, jos se näkyy ajoittain ja sillä on majakka tai muu pysyvä laite. The section defines the territorial sea boundary and sets distance-based outer limits, including a 12 nautical mile rule and special boundary rules for the Gulf of Finland and northern Baltic areas.