Beyond what distance from the coast is the sea known as quot High Sea quot ........

General Knowledge (CLAT) International law

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Beyond what distance from the coast, is the sea known as "High Sea"?

20 miles

300 miles

200 kms

12 miles.

Explanation:

High Seas : A term of international and maritime law; the open ocean, not part of the exclusive economic zone, territorial sea or internal waters of any state. The term was again institutionalized by the United Nations in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, also known as UNCLOS.