Iraqi territorial waters

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Iraqi territorial waters are the maritime zones along Iraq’s short coastline on the Persian Gulf, where Iraq exercises sovereign rights over navigation, resources, and security.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Iraqi maritime zones 1
Iraqi territorial waters canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf territorial waters
adjacentTo Iraqi contiguous zone
Iraqi exclusive economic zone
Iraqi internal waters
border Iranian territorial waters
Kuwaiti territorial waters
coastlineCity Al Faw
linked to: Al-Faw
coastlineCountry Iraq
coastlineGovernorate Basra Governorate
containsOilTerminal Al Basrah Oil Terminal
Khor Al-Amaya Oil Terminal
containsPort Port of Al Faw
Port of Umm Qasr
linked to: Umm Qasr Port
country Iraq
disputeHistoryWith Iran
Kuwait
economicActivity hydrocarbon export
maritime trade
environmentalConcern marine ecosystem protection
oil pollution risk
governedBy Iraqi maritime law
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
hasLegalStatus sovereign waters of Iraq
lengthOfCoastlineCountry short coastline
locatedIn Northern Persian Gulf
linked to: Persian Gulf

Persian Gulf
near Khawr Abd Allah waterway
Shatt al-Arab waterway
linked to: Shatt al-Arab
partOf Iraqi maritime zones
patrolledBy Iraqi maritime security forces
linked to: Iraqi Coast Guard

Iraqi naval forces
linked to: Iraqi Navy
region Middle East
relatedTo Iraq–Iran maritime boundary
Iraq–Kuwait maritime boundary
sea Arabian Gulf
linked to: Persian Gulf

Persian Gulf
securityManagedBy Iraqi Coast Guard
Iraqi Navy
sovereigntyExercisedBy Government of Iraq
strategicImportance access to Persian Gulf
control of oil export routes
usedFor commercial shipping
fishing
maritime navigation
oil export

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iraqi Navy areaOfOperations Iraqi territorial waters
Iraqi territorial waters partOf Iraqi maritime zones
linked to: Iraqi territorial waters