Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
The EEZ is a zone beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea within which the United States has certain 
sovereign rights and jurisdiction.  Under some United States laws, the inner limit of the EEZ extends 
landward to the seaward limit of the states submerged lands.  For more information, please refer to the 
Coast Pilot.

Contiguous Zone
The Contiguous Zone is a zone contiguous to the territorial sea, in which the United States may exercise
the control necessary to prevent and punish infringement within its territory, or territorial sea of its 
customs, fiscal, immigration, cultural heritage or sanitary laws and regulations. For more information, 
please refer to the Coast Pilot.



Administration Area
This area covers land, internal waters, and territorial sea.  The territorial sea is a maritime zone which
the United States exercises sovereignty extending to the airspace as well as to its bed and subsoil.  For 
more information, please refer to the Coast Pilot.
 
