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Order on the Delimitation of the Territorial Sea of Greenland (Order No. 191 of 1963).

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Abstract
The territorial waters of Greenland shall consist of the internal waters and the territorial sea, which comprises those areas of the sea which to landward are bounded by the lines (coastline, i.e. low-water mark at mean spring-tide or of straight lines between listed points) specified in this Order and to seaward by lines drawn in such a manner that the distance from every point on these lines to the nearest point on the inner boundary line is three nautical miles. The internal waters shall comprise those water areas, such as harbours, harbour entrances, roadsteads, bays, fiords, sounds, belts and other waters, which are situated inside the lines specified in article 2.
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Repealed
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English

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No