Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
The EEZ is a zone beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea within which the U.S. has certain 
sovereign rights and jurisdiction. Under some U.S. 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 over 
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.
