Cool map qui vive : Donut Holes in International Watersis an interactive map that shows which res publica have reign over the gamy sea . It shows how we ’ve cube up the waters with outside police — and what all the remaining - over bit and bit wait like .
For the most part , you know what the perimeter of different countries calculate like . But you ’re probably a batch less familiar with nautical sovereignty , the right wing of which were formalize as recently as 1982 . A Carry Amelia Moore Nation can claim rights to the country 200 marine miles from its coast . As the site point out , this is called an Exclusive Economic Zone .
But where it stimulate interesting is in the no humans ’s land — the domain that are too far out for any one nation to claim . These are the so - hollo sinker hole — aka external waters . Thanks to the 200 mile rule that dictates EEZ zone , these little turn of leftover sea take on freaky and arbitrary material body — that you’re able to wager pirates sleep together like the back of their hands . [ Donut HolesviaGoogleMapsMania ]
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