Menu Office Home About Us Key Topics HomeThe Ocean ...Limits in the Seas hide Limits in the Seas Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs This series, issued by the Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs in the Department of State, aims to examine coastal States’ maritime claims and/or boundaries, and assess their consistency with international law. The studies represent the views of the United States Government only on the specific matters discussed therein and do not necessarily reflect an acceptance of the limits claimed. No. 151 Panama Maritime Claims and Boundaries [1 MB], Sept. 2022 No. 150 People’s Republic of China: Maritime Claims in the South China Sea [11 MB], Jan. 2022 Chinese Translation of Executive Summary [255 KB] Vietnamese Translation of Executive Summary [216 KB] State Practice Supplement [16 MB] No. 149 Spain Maritime Claims and Boundaries [2 MB], Nov. 2020 No. 148 Norway Maritime Claims and Boundaries [3 MB], Aug. 2020 No. 147 Ecuador Maritime Claims and Boundaries [1 MB], July 2020 No. 146 Republic of Kiribati Maritime Claims and Boundaries [931 KB], Mar. 2020 No. 145 Republic of the Marshall Islands Maritime Claims and Boundaries [915 KB], Feb. 2020 No. 144 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ Maritime Claims and Boundaries [971 KB], Oct. 2019 No. 143 China’s Maritime Claims in the South China Sea [1 MB], Dec. 2014 No. 142 Philippines’ Maritime Claims and Boundaries [1 MB], Sep. 2014 No. 141 Indonesia’s Maritime Claims and Boundaries [2 MB], Sep. 2014 No. 140 Mauritius’ Maritime Claims and Boundaries [2 MB], July 2014 No. 139 Tuvalu’s Maritime Claims and Boundaries [1,009 KB], May 2014 No. 138 Papua New Guinea’s Maritime Claims and Boundaries [2 MB], May 2014 No. 137 Vanuatu’s Maritime Claims and Boundaries [778 KB], Mar. 2014 No. 136 Solomon Islands’ Maritime Claims and Boundaries [1 MB], Mar. 2014 No. 135 Grenada’s Maritime Claims and Boundaries [1 MB], Mar. 2014 No. 134 Comoros’ Maritime Claims and Boundaries [2 MB], Mar. 2014 No. 133 Antigua and Barbuda’s Maritime Claims and Boundaries [603 KB] Mar. 2014 No. 132 Seychelles’ Maritime Claims and Boundaries [812 KB], Feb. 2014 No. 131 Trinidad and Tobago’s Maritime Claims and Boundaries [782 KB], Feb. 2014 No. 130 Dominican Republic’s Maritime Claims and Boundaries [504 KB], Feb. 2014 No. 129 Cabo Verde’s Maritime Claims and Boundaries [709 KB], Feb. 2014 No. 128 The Bahamas’ Maritime Claims and Boundaries [754 KB], Feb. 2014 No. 127 Taiwan’s Maritime Claims [778 KB], Nov. 2005 No. 126 Maldives Maritime Claims and Boundaries [526 KB], Sep. 2005 No. 125 Jamaica’s Maritime Claims and Boundaries [1 MB], Feb. 2004 No. 124 Straight Baseline Claim: Honduras [1 MB] June 2001 No. 123 Uruguay’s Maritime Claims [696 KB], Nov. 2000 No. 122 Thailand Straight Baseline Claims [3 MB], Sep. 2000 No. 121 Straight Baseline and Territorial Sea Claims: South Korea [2 MB], Sep. 1998 No. 120 Straight Baseline and Territorial Sea Claims: Japan [3 MB], Apr. 1998 No. 119 Maritime Boundary: United States – Niue [1 MB], June 1997 No. 118 Straight Baseline Claim: Pakistan [1,003 KB], Dec. 1996 No. 117 Straight Baselines Claim: China [7 MB], July 1996 No. 116 Straight Baseline Claims: Albania and Egypt [6 MB], May 1994 No. 115 United States – United Kingdom Maritime Boundaries in the Caribbean [1 MB], Apr. 1994 No. 114 Iran’s Maritime Claims [2 MB], Mar. 1994 No. 113 Straight Baseline Claims: Djibouti and Oman [1 MB], May 1992 No. 112 United States Responses to Excessive National Maritime Claims [5 MB], Mar. 1992 No. 111 Straight Baseline Claim Costa Rica [622 KB], Sep. 1990 No. 110 Maritime Boundary Cuba – United States [575 KB], Feb. 1990 No. 109 Continental Shelf Boundary Turkey – USSR and Straight Baselines: USSR (Black Sea) [8 MB], Sep. 1988 No. 108 Maritime Boundaries of the World [317 KB], Nov. 1990 No. 107 Straight Baselines: USSR (Pacific Ocean, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, and Bering Sea) [6 MB], Sep. 1987 No. 106 Developing Standard Guidelines for Evaluating Straight Baselines [1 MB], Aug. 1987 No. 105 Maritime Boundaries: Colombia – Dominican Republic and Netherlands (Netherlands Antilles) – Venezuela [4 MB], Feb. 1986 No. 104 Maritime Boundary: Cuba – Mexico [591 KB], Sep. 1985 No. 103 Straight Baselines: Colombia [8 MB], Apr. 1985 No. 102 Maritime Boundary: Burma – Thailand [1 MB], Jan. 1985 No. 101 Fiji’s Maritime Claims [3 MB], Nov. 1984 No. 100 Maritime Boundaries: United States – Cook Islands and United States – New Zealand (Tokelau) [559 KB], Dec. 1983 No. 99 Straight Baselines: Vietnam [5 MB], Dec. 1983 No. 98 Archipelagic Straight Baselines: Sao Tome and Principe [2 MB], Nov. 1983 No. 97 Maritime Boundaries: Costa Rica – Panama [648 KB], Dec. 1982 No. 96 Continental Shelf Boundary: Greece – Italy [1 MB], June 1982 No. 95 Maritime Boundary: France (Reunion) – Mauritius [579 KB], Apr. 1982 No. 94 Continental Shelf Boundaries: The Persian Gulf [12 MB], Sep. 1981 No. 93 Continental Shelf Boundaries: India – Indonesia – Thailand [3 MB], Sep. 1981 No. 92 Maritime Boundary: Kenya – Tanzania [3 MB], June 1981 No. 91 Maritime Boundary: United States – Venezuela [551 KB], Dec. 1980 No. 90 Continental Shelf Boundary: Italy – Spain [586 KB], May 1980 No. 89 Continental Shelf Boundary: Italy – Tunisia [4 MB], Jan. 1980 No. 88 Maritime Boundary: Ecuador – Peru [856 KB], Oct. 1979 No. 87 Territorial Sea and Continental Shelf Boundaries: Australia and Papua New Guinea – Indonesia [8 MB], Sep. 1979 No. 86 Maritime Boundary: Chile – Peru [454 KB], July 1979 No. 85 Maritime Boundary: The Gambia – Senegal [2 MB], Feb. 1979 No. 84 Maritime Boundary: Colombia – Costa Rica [5 MB], Feb. 1979 No. 83 Territorial Sea and Continental Shelf Boundaries: France – Spain [8 MB], Feb. 1979 No. 82 Straight Baselines: Republic of Korea [640 KB], Jan. 1979 No. 81 Maritime Boundaries: Indonesia – Malaysia – Thailand [3 MB], Dec. 1978 No. 80-1 Straight Baselines: Chile – Addendum [212 KB], May 1980 No. 80 Straight Baselines: Chile [1 MB], Nov. 1978 No. 79 Maritime Boundaries: Colombia – Panama [14 MB], Nov. 1978 No. 78 Maritime Boundary: India – Maldives and Maldives’ Claimed Economic Zone [2 MB], July 1978 No. 77 Maritime Boundaries: India – Sri Lanka [10 MB], Feb. 1978 No. 76 Straight Baselines: Cuba [6 MB], Oct. 1977 No. 75 Continental Shelf Boundary and Joint Development Zone: Japan – Republic of Korea [6 MB], Sep. 1977 No. 74 Maritime Boundary: Federal Republic of Germany – German Democratic Republic [PDF] [1 MB], Oct. 1976 No. 73 Maritime Boundary: Brazil – Uruguay [5 MB], Sep. 1976 No. 72 Continental Shelf Boundary: Canada – Greenland [6 MB], Sep. 1976 No. 71 Continental Shelf Boundary: Finland – Sweden [8 MB], June 1976 No. 70 Fisheries Agreement: China – Japan [4 MB], Apr. 1976 No. 69 Maritime Boundary: Colombia – Ecuador [2 MB] Apr. 1976 No. 68 Territorial Sea and Continental Shelf Boundary: Guinea – Bissau – Senegal [3 MB], Mar. 1976 No. 67 Continental Shelf Boundary: Iran – Oman [7 MB], Jan. 1976 No. 66 Historic Waters Boundary: India – Sri Lanka [3 MB], Dec. 1975 No. 65 Continental Shelf and Territorial Sea Boundaries: German Democratic Republic and Poland [5 MB], Nov. 1975 No. 64 Continental Shelf Boundary: Argentina – Uruguay [6 MB], Oct. 1975 No. 63 Continental Shelf Boundary: Iran – United Arab Emirates (Dubai) [4 MB], Sep. 1975 No. 62 Continental Shelf Boundary: India – Indonesia [3 MB], Sep. 1975 No. 61 Straight Baselines: Oman (Hypothetical) [4 MB], June 1975 No. 60 Territorial Sea Boundary: Indonesia – Singapore [4 MB], Nov. 1974 No. 59 Soviet Union – Turkey Territorial Sea Boundary [585 KB], Oct. 1974 No. 58 Continental Shelf Boundary: Bahrain – Iran [4 MB], Sep. 1974 No. 57 Canada – St. Pierre and Miquelon Territorial Sea Boundary [5 MB], Sep. 1974 No. 56 Continental Shelf Boundary: Finland – Soviet Union (Northern Baltic Sea) [1 MB], Oct. 1973 No. 55 Territorial Sea and Continental Shelf Boundaries: Poland – Soviet Union [3 MB], Oct. 1973 No. 54 Straight Baselines: Senegal [4 MB], Oct. 1973 No. 53 Straight Baselines: Syria [856 KB], Oct. 1973 No. 52 Straight Baselines: East Germany [2 MB], Oct. 1973 No. 51 Straight Baselines: Haiti [3 MB], May 1973 No. 50 Territorial Sea Boundary: Indonesia – Malaysia [6 MB], Jan. 1973 No. 49 Territorial Sea Boundary: Cyprus – Sovereign Base Area (U.K.) [152 KB], Nov. 1972 No. 48 Straight Baselines: Finland [8 MB], Sep. 1972 No. 47 Straight Baselines: Sweden [5 MB], Sep. 1972 No. 46 Theoretical Areas Allocations of Seabed to Coastal States [766 KB], Sep. 1972 No. 45 Maritime Boundary: Mexico – United States [227 KB], Sep. 1972 No. 44 Straight Baselines: Argentina [1 MB], Sep. 1972 No. 43 Straight Baselines: People’s Republic of China [12 MB], July 1978 No. 42 Straight Baselines: Ecuador [2 MB], May 1972 No. 41 Straight Baselines: Mauritius [2 MB], Mar. 1972 No. 40 Straight Baselines: Guinea [3 MB], Mar. 1972 No. 39 Straight Baselines: Svalbard [306 KB], Mar. 1972 No. 38 Straight Baselines: Germany [4 MB], Jan. 1974 No. 37 Straight Baselines: France [2 MB], Feb. 1972 No. 36 National Claims to Maritime Jurisdiction [2 MB], May 2000 No. 35 Straight Baselines: Indonesia [4 MB], July 1971 No. 34 Straight Baselines: Iceland [4 MB] July 1974 No. 33 Straight Baselines: Philippines [3 MB], Mar. 1973 No. 32 Straight Baselines: Turkey [1 MB], Mar. 1971 No. 31 Straight Baselines: Thailand [3 MB], Mar. 1971 No. 30 Straight Baselines: Portuguese Guinea [1 MB], Nov. 1970 No. 29 Straight Baselines: Mozambique [1 MB], Nov. 1970 No. 28 Straight Baselines: Angola [1,003 KB], Nov. 1970 No. 27 Straight Baselines: Portugal [696 KB], Nov. 1970 No. 26 Territorial Sea Boundary: Denmark – Sweden [3 MB], July 1970 No. 25 Continental Shelf Boundary: Iran – Qatar [4 MB], July 1970 No. 24 Continental Shelf Boundary: Iran – Saudi Arabia [4 MB], July 1970 No. 23 Straight Baselines: United Kingdom [453 KB], June 1970 No. 22 Straight Baselines: United Arab Republic [171 KB], June 1970 No. 21 Straight Baselines: Venezuela [987 KB], June 1970 No. 20 Straight Baselines: Saudi Arabia [183 KB], June 1970 No. 19 Straight Baselines: Denmark [2 MB], Dec. 1978 No. 18 Continental Shelf Boundary: Abu Dhabi – Qatar [2 MB], May 1970 No. 17 Continental Shelf Boundary: Norway – Soviet Union [1 MB], May 1970 No. 16 Continental Shelf Boundary: Finland – Soviet Union [2 MB], May 1970 No. 15 Straight Baselines: Madagascar [2 MB], Mar. 1970 No. 14 Straight Baselines: Burma [1 MB], Mar. 1970 No. 13 Straight Baselines: Faeroes [544 KB], Mar. 1970 No. 12 Continental Shelf Boundary: Bahrain – Saudi Arabia [2 MB], Mar. 1970 No. 11 Continental Shelf Boundary: Trinidad and Tobago – Venezuela [3 MB], Mar. 1970 No. 10 North Sea Continental Shelf Boundaries [5 MB], June 1974 No. 9 Continental Shelf Boundary: Italy – Yugoslavia [3 MB], Feb. 1970 No. 8 Straight Baselines: Mauritania [760 KB], Feb. 1970 No. 7 Straight Baselines: Albania [925 KB], Feb. 1970 No. 6 Straight Baselines: Yugoslavia [3 MB], Feb. 1970 No. 5 Straight Baselines: Dominican Republic [1 MB] Jan. 1970 No. 4 Straight Baselines: Mexico [209 KB], Jan. 1970 No. 3 Straight Baselines: Ireland [973 KB], Jan. 1970 No. 2 Continental Shelf Boundary: Norway – Sweden [792 KB], Jan. 1970 No. 1 Continental Shelf Boundary: Indonesia – Malaysia [2 MB], Jan. 1970 Tags Boundaries and Boundary Waters Maritime Matters Oceans