Greek territorial waters
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Greek territorial waters are the maritime zones surrounding Greece’s mainland and islands over which the country exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction under international law.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Greek contiguous zone | 1 |
| Greek territorial waters canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3228140 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Greek territorial waters Context triple: [Strait of Kythira, belongsTo, Greek territorial waters]
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A.
Greek Seas
Greek Seas refers collectively to the maritime regions surrounding Greece, primarily including parts of the Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean Seas that shape the country’s geography, climate, and maritime culture.
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B.
Greece–Turkey border disputes
Greece–Turkey border disputes are longstanding territorial and maritime disagreements between Greece and Turkey, particularly over land borders, airspace, and rights in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean regions.
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C.
United States territorial waters
United States territorial waters are the maritime zones adjacent to the U.S. coast over which the United States exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction, typically extending up to 12 nautical miles from its shorelines.
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D.
United Kingdom territorial waters
United Kingdom territorial waters are the maritime areas extending from the UK’s coastline over which it exercises full sovereignty and jurisdiction, including parts of surrounding seas such as the North Sea, English Channel, Irish Sea, and Atlantic approaches.
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E.
AEGEAN
AEGEAN is the radio callsign used by Aegean Airlines, the largest Greek airline operating domestic and international flights.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Greek territorial waters Target entity description: Greek territorial waters are the maritime zones surrounding Greece’s mainland and islands over which the country exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction under international law.
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A.
Greek Seas
Greek Seas refers collectively to the maritime regions surrounding Greece, primarily including parts of the Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean Seas that shape the country’s geography, climate, and maritime culture.
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B.
Greece–Turkey border disputes
Greece–Turkey border disputes are longstanding territorial and maritime disagreements between Greece and Turkey, particularly over land borders, airspace, and rights in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean regions.
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C.
United States territorial waters
United States territorial waters are the maritime zones adjacent to the U.S. coast over which the United States exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction, typically extending up to 12 nautical miles from its shorelines.
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D.
United Kingdom territorial waters
United Kingdom territorial waters are the maritime areas extending from the UK’s coastline over which it exercises full sovereignty and jurisdiction, including parts of surrounding seas such as the North Sea, English Channel, Irish Sea, and Atlantic approaches.
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E.
AEGEAN
AEGEAN is the radio callsign used by Aegean Airlines, the largest Greek airline operating domestic and international flights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
maritime zone
ⓘ
territorial waters ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Crete
ⓘ
Cyclades ⓘ
surface form:
Cyclades islands
Dodecanese ⓘ
surface form:
Dodecanese islands
Greek islands ⓘ Greek mainland ⓘ Ionian Islands ⓘ North Aegean islands ⓘ |
| borderCountry |
Albania
ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ Italy ⓘ Libya ⓘ Turkey ⓘ |
| capitalCountry | Athens ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| disputedWith | Turkey ⓘ |
| disputeTopic |
breadth of territorial sea in the Aegean Sea
ⓘ
delimitation of maritime boundaries in the Aegean Sea ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Government of Greece
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek government
Greece ⓘ
surface form:
Hellenic Republic
|
| languageOfAdministration | Greek ⓘ |
| legalBasis | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ |
| legalBasisAbbreviation |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
UNCLOS
|
| locatedIn |
Aegean Sea
ⓘ
Ionian Sea ⓘ Libyan Sea ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Sea of Crete ⓘ |
| partOf |
European Union waters
ⓘ
Greek maritime zones ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Mediterranean
ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern Europe
|
| regulatedBy | Greek domestic maritime law ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Greek territorial waters
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek contiguous zone
Greek exclusive economic zone ⓘ |
| securityEnforcedBy |
Hellenic Coast Guard
ⓘ
Hellenic Navy ⓘ |
| sovereigntyExercisedBy | Greece ⓘ |
| sovereigntyIncludes |
airspace above territorial sea
ⓘ
seabed ⓘ subsoil ⓘ water column ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
international maritime law
ⓘ
right of innocent passage ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fishing
ⓘ
national defense ⓘ navigation ⓘ offshore resource exploitation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Greek territorial waters Description of subject: Greek territorial waters are the maritime zones surrounding Greece’s mainland and islands over which the country exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction under international law.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Greek contiguous zone