Trump’s administration renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the US Bay, but most of the water body lies beyond the maritime regions controlled by the United States.
Naval claims in the Gulf of Mexican
Source: sovereign boundaries
Author Zach Levitt
According to the budgets Sovereign boundariesThe International Borders Database, the United States claim that 46 percent of the bay is, while Mexico is looking for 49 percent.
Naval zones They are divided into categories based on a distance from the coast. The territorial seas are closest to the coast of the nation, and the laws of some countries apply within and below these waters as they do on land, mostly.
Further outside the coast, the exclusive economic zone of the Earth is where it controls what is in water, such as fish, as well as what is in the seabed and below the seabed, such as oil and gas. In addition, the bay contains parts of the so -called open sea, where the country could only retain rights to the natural resources of the seabed and the underground.
|
Mexico |
292.400 |
49% |
|
Territorial sea |
23,700 |
4% |
|
Economic zones |
262.800 |
44% |
|
Hill of the sea |
5,800 |
1% |
|
United States |
273.200 |
46% |
|
Territorial sea |
36.300 |
6% |
|
Economic zones |
232.300 |
39% |
|
Hill of the sea |
4,600 |
1% |
|
Cuba |
31,600 |
6% |
|
Territorial sea |
3,400 |
1% |
|
Economic zones |
27.700 |
5% |
|
Hill of the sea |
500 |
<1% |
Source: sovereign boundaries
Note: Data cannot be added to 100 percent due to rounding.
The bay, as well as many regions around the world, has maritime borders that the countries have agreed to each other by countries along its coast. According to Kevin Danaher and Marissi Wood within the sovereign borders, the bay is “fully covered by the established maritime borders.”
The Gulf of Mexican appeared on the maps for for centuriesBut changes in geographical name are common in history. This name change has a current influence on US Federal Agency that map or refers to the bay. Some companies like Google and Apple Now show the Bay of America for users in the United States. For otherThe name change is not required.
