33 CFR 2.20
§ 2.20 Territorial sea baseline.
United States · 33 CFR — Navigation and Navigable Waters · Status: effective
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- 33 CFR 2.20, § 2.20 Territorial sea baseline, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/149162
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Territorial sea baseline means the line defining the shoreward extent of the territorial sea of the United States drawn according to the principles, as recognized by the United States, of the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, 15 U.S.T. 1606, and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 21 I.L.M. 1261. Normally, the territorial sea baseline is the mean low water line along the coast of the United States.
Charts depicting the territorial sea baseline are available for examination in accordance with § 1.10-5 of this chapter.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.