Three-mile Limit (Noun)
Meaning
The limit of a nation's territorial waters.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The United States government extended its territorial waters beyond the traditional three-mile limit to protect its marine resources.
- In the 1960s, many countries claimed a 12-mile territorial sea, well beyond the historic three-mile limit.
- The concept of the three-mile limit was established to prevent countries from claiming too much of the ocean as their own.
- Before the 20th century, the three-mile limit was widely recognized as the boundary of a nation's territorial waters.
- The extension of the three-mile limit to 200 miles has given coastal states more control over their marine resources and the environment.