Question

A territorial sea is:(A) an adjacent area of the ocean where all of the rights of a coastal state prevail.(B) a body of water completely surrounded by a state. (C) a small body of water that connects to larger bodies of water identical to the term “high seas”.(D) an area where a state has no rights to exploit minerals.

Answer 1

The correct answer is A. An adjacent area of the ocean where all of the rights of a coastal state prevail.

Explanation

The territorial sea is the area of the ocean in which the State can exercise its sovereignty, as established in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Sea in 1982. The sea is considered to be a continental sea within a range of twelve nautical miles from the coast into the sea. Because it relates to the sea, this is a right that only coastal countries have regardless of the continent in which they are. So, the correct answer is A. An adjacent area of the ocean where all of the rights of a coastal state prevail.