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MARITIME DOCTRINE OF SRI LANKA
The LOSC established the following maritime zones, each of which varies
in the degree of exclusive rights and control afforded to a Coastal State:

• Internal Waters.
• Archipelagic Waters.
• Territorial Sea.

• Contiguous Zone.
• Exclusive Economic Zone.
• Continental Shelf.
• High Seas.

• International Seabed Area.

Figure 8.1 – Maritime Zones

The Baseline

For purposes of both international and domestic law, the boundary line
dividing the land from the ocean is called the baseline. The baseline is
determined according to principles described in the 1958 United Nations
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone and the 1982
LOSC and is normally the low water line along the coast, as marked
on charts officially recognised by the coastal nation. However, straight
baselines are used for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea where

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