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[[File:Territorial waters - Australia.svg|thumb|right|upright=1.35|[[Australia]]'s exclusive economic zones, including its Antarctic claim]]


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[[Australia]]'s [[exclusive economic zone]] (EEZ) was declared on 1 August 1994 and extends from {{convert|12|to|200|nmi|km|lk=in}} from the coastline of Australia and its [[states and territories of Australia|external territories]], except where a maritime [[boundary delimitation|delimitation]] agreement exists with another state.<ref name=EEZ>[http://www.agriculture.gov.au/fisheries/domestic/zone The Australian Fishing Zone]</ref><ref name="GSA">Geoscience Australia. 2005. [http://www.ga.gov.au/nmd/mapping/marbound/bndrs.jsp Maritime Boundary Definitions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050405172325/http://www.ga.gov.au/nmd/mapping/marbound/bndrs.jsp |date=2005-04-05 }}.</ref> To the 12 nautical-mile boundary is Australia's [[territorial waters]]. Australia has the third-largest exclusive economic zone, behind the United States and France but ahead of [[Russia]], with the total area of {{convert|8,148,250|sqkm}}, which exceeds its land territory.
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The United Nations [[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea|Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf]] (CLCS) confirmed, in April 2008, Australia's rights over an additional {{convert|2.5|e6sqkm|sqmi}} of seabed beyond the limits of Australia's EEZ.<ref>[http://minister.ret.gov.au/TheHonMartinFergusonMP/Pages/UNCONFIRMSAUSTRALIA’SRIGHTSOVEREXTRA.aspx UN confirms Australia’s rights over extra 2.5 million square kilometres of seabed.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025165652/http://minister.ret.gov.au/TheHonMartinFergusonMP/Pages/UNCONFIRMSAUSTRALIA%E2%80%99SRIGHTSOVEREXTRA.aspx |date=2009-10-25 }} Minister for Resources and Energy, The Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP, Media Release, 21 April 2008.{{cite web |url=http://minister.ret.gov.au/TheHonMartinFergusonMP/Pages/UNCONFIRMSAUSTRALIA’SRIGHTSOVEREXTRA.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-11-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827172656/http://minister.ret.gov.au/TheHonMartinFergusonMP/Pages/UNCONFIRMSAUSTRALIA%E2%80%99SRIGHTSOVEREXTRA.aspx |archivedate=2008-08-27 }}</ref><ref name="AAEEZ" /> Australia also claimed, in its submission to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, additional Continental Shelf past its EEZ from the ''[[Australian Antarctic Territory]]'',<ref name="CLCS">Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea. Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, [https://www.un.org/Depts/los/clcs_new/submissions_files/submission_aus.htm Submission by Australia]</ref> but these claims were deferred on Australia's request. However, Australia's EEZ from its Antarctic Territory is approximately {{convert|2|e6sqkm|sqmi}}.<ref name="AAEEZ" />

==Maritime boundary==
North of Australia is an extensive [[maritime boundary]] with [[Indonesia]], [[Papua New Guinea]] as well as the small island nations of [[East Timor]], [[New Caledonia]], [[Solomon Islands]], and [[Vanuatu]].

It starts in the [[Indian Ocean]], then runs through the [[Timor Sea]], [[Arafura Sea]], [[Torres Strait]] and ends in the [[Coral Sea]].

There is also a maritime border between Australia and Indonesia in the Indian Ocean between Australia's external territory of [[Christmas Island]] and the Indonesian island of [[Java]].

== Geography ==
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! Region !! EEZ Area (km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name="AAEEZ">Geoscience Australia, 2012. [http://www.ga.gov.au/education/geoscience-basics/dimensions/oceans-and-seas.html Education: Oceans and Seas]</ref>
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| [[Mainland Australia]], [[Tasmania]], and other minor islands || 6,048,681
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| [[Macquarie Island]] || 471,837
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| {{Flag|Christmas Island}} || 325,021
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| {{Flag|Norfolk Island}} || 428,618
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| [[Heard Island and McDonald Islands]] || 410,722
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| {{Flag|Cocos Islands}} || 463,371
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| ''[[Australian Antarctic Territory]]'' || ''2,000,000''<ref group="status">The reference gives an approximate figure of 2 million square kilometres for the EEZ claimed by Australia as part of its Antarctic Territory. This is in addition to the 8 million square kilometre total given in the reference. This EEZ is also distinct from the 2.56 million square kilometres of additional continental shelf mentioned in the reference.</ref>
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| '''Total''' || '''8,148,250'''
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==See also==
*[[Australia–Indonesia border]]
*[[Australian marine parks]]
*[[Australian Whale Sanctuary]]
*[[Geography of Australia]]
*[[Timor Sea Treaty]]

== Notes ==
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==References==
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[[Category:Exclusive economic zone of Australia]]
[[Category:Exclusive economic zones|Australia]]
[[Category:Borders of Australia]]
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[[Category:Australia–France relations]]
[[Category:Australia–Indonesia relations]]
[[Category:Australia–New Zealand relations]]

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