international waters

English

Noun

international waters pl (plural only)

1. (international law) Those parts of the ocean that are not legally recognized as being under the jurisdiction of any national government.
   • 2022 August 28, Brad Lendon, “US sends two warships through Taiwan Strait, in first transit since Pelosi trip”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 August 2022‎^[2]:

     Beijing claims sovereignty over Taiwan despite China's ruling Communist Party never having controlled the island -- and considers the strait part of its "internal waters."
     The US Navy, however, says most of the strait is in international waters.

Synonyms

• (international law): high seas

Coordinate terms

• (international law, maritime law): territorial waters, exclusive economic zone, international waterway

Translations

ocean not belonging to any country

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公海 (zh) (gōnghǎi)

• Dutch: internationale wateren n pl
• Esperanto: internacia maro
• Finnish: kansainväliset vedet
• French: eaux internationales (fr) f pl
• Georgian: საერთაშორისო წყლები (saertašoriso c̣q̇lebi)
• Greek: διεθνή ύδατα n pl (diethní ýdata)
• Indonesian: perairan internasional
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 공해(公海) (ko) (gonghae)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: internasjonalt farvann n

• Polish: wody międzynarodowe f pl
• Portuguese: águas internacionais f pl
• Russian: междунаро́дные во́ды f pl (meždunaródnyje vódy), нейтра́льные во́ды (ru) f pl (nejtrálʹnyje vódy), откры́тое мо́ре (ru) n (otkrýtoje móre)
• Spanish: aguas internacionales f pl
• Ukrainian: міжнаро́дні во́ди f pl (mižnaródni vódy)
• Vietnamese: vùng biển quốc tế

See also

• flag state
• universal jurisdiction

Further reading

• international waters on Wikipedia.Wikipedia