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Papua New Guinea Contiguous Zone (24 Nautical Miles)

Date modified: 18 May 2022 Version 3

PNG Contiguous zone was calculated from its territorial sea baseline using a special delimitation software called MarZone.

The contiguous zone is a band of water extending farther from the outer edge of the territorial sea to up to 24 nautical miles (44.4 km; 27.6 mi) from the baseline, within which a state can exert limited control for the purpose of preventing or punishing "infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea". This will typically be 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) wide, but could be more (if a state has chosen to claim a territorial sea of less than 12 nautical miles), or less, if it would otherwise overlap another state's contiguous zone. However, unlike the territorial sea, there is no standard rule for resolving such conflicts and the states in question must negotiate their own compromise

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Issued 2021-11-10
Modified 2022-05-18
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Publisher Name The Pacific Community (SPC)
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