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The designation is legally defined by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea" title="United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea">United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea</a> of 1982 (<a href="/wiki/UNCLOS_III" class="mw-redirect" title="UNCLOS III">UNCLOS III</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014125_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014125-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">The Bahamas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> are the five original <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">sovereign states</a> that obtained approval in the UNCLOS signed in <a href="/wiki/Montego_Bay" title="Montego Bay">Montego Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a> on 10 December 1982 and qualified as the archipelagic states.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An archipelagic state can designate the waters between the islands as sovereign <a href="#Archpelagic_waters">archipelagic waters</a>. </p><p>As of 20 June 2015, a total of 22 <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">sovereign states</a> have sought to claim archipelagic status.<sup id="cite_ref-Archipelagic_States_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archipelagic_States-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Few countries comprise an archipelago in a geographical sense, but chose not to claim the archipelagic state status, including <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014129_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014129-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Archipelagic_waters">Archipelagic waters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archipelagic_state&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Archipelagic waters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seychelles_Archipelagic_Waters_Group_2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Seychelles_Archipelagic_Waters_Group_2.png/330px-Seychelles_Archipelagic_Waters_Group_2.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Seychelles_Archipelagic_Waters_Group_2.png/495px-Seychelles_Archipelagic_Waters_Group_2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Seychelles_Archipelagic_Waters_Group_2.png 2x" data-file-width="591" data-file-height="593" /></a><figcaption>An example of archipelagic waters claim using underwater features as "land" (<a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a> "Group 2")</figcaption></figure> <p>Archipelagic states are composed of groups of islands that form a state as a single unit, the islands and the waters within the baselines as internal waters (<b>archipelagic waters</b>). Under this concept ("archipelagic doctrine"), an archipelago shall be regarded as a single unit, so that the waters around, between, and connecting the islands of the archipelago, irrespective of their breadth and dimensions, are subject to its exclusive sovereignty (while allowing ships from other countries to exercise the <a href="#Archipelagic_sea_lanes_passage">archipelagic sea lanes passage</a> or <a href="/wiki/Innocent_passage" title="Innocent passage">innocent passage</a> at their choice).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriestnall19976_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPriestnall19976-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The baselines must enclose the main islands of the archipelago and the enclosed water to land ratio must be "between 1:1 and 9:1".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lower end of this ratio was chosen to exclude states with a lot of land, like Japan, while the higher end prevents a group of highly scattered islands from putting claims on a very large body of water. The ratio was proposed during UNCLOS negotiations by the Bahamas in order to include all five original archipelagic states.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014129–130_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014129–130-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Low-tide_elevations" class="mw-redirect" title="Low-tide elevations">Low-tide elevations</a> can be used for baselines, provided that they have lighthouses built on them, or lie within the territorial water of an actual island.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014131_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014131-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The exact status of archipelagic waters is subject to interpretation. For example, both the Philippines and Indonesia consider their archipelagic waters to be more sovereign that the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_waters" title="Territorial waters">territorial waters</a> and closer to the <a href="/wiki/Internal_waters" title="Internal waters">internal waters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriestnall19979_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPriestnall19979-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The approval of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> (UN) for the five sovereign states as archipelagic states respects existing agreements with other countries and shall recognize traditional fishing rights and other legitimate activities of the immediately adjacent neighboring countries in certain areas falling within archipelagic waters.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014133_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014133-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The terms and conditions for the exercise of such rights and activities, including the nature, the extent and the areas to which they apply, shall, at the request of any of the countries concerned, be regulated by bilateral agreements between them. Such rights shall not be transferred to or shared with third countries or their nationals.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archipelagic_sea_lanes_passage">Archipelagic sea lanes passage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archipelagic_state&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Archipelagic sea lanes passage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regime of <b>archipelagic sea lanes passage</b> (<b>ASLP</b>) is specific to archipelagic waters and is similar to the <a href="/wiki/Transit_passage" title="Transit passage">transit passage</a> for the <a href="/wiki/International_straits" class="mw-redirect" title="International straits">international straits</a>: both ships and aircraft can use the archipelagic waters, the right of passage is non-suspensible, submarines can navigate while submerged, etc. Article 54 in particular explicitly incorporates Articles 39, 30, 42, and 44 (that cover the transit passage) into ASLP. The main difference between the transit passage and ASLP is that in case of ASLP the ship can opt instead for an innocent passage, while the transit passage provides no such alternative. Both transit passage and ASLP regimes, with the ability to launch and receive aircraft, perform maneuvers and navigate underwater, are primarily designed for warships.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriestnall19976–7_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPriestnall19976–7-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An archipelagic state can designate <i>sea lanes and air routes</i> that will be subject of ASLP and "include all normal routes used [...] for international navigation or overflight". If the state does not do so, the default sea lanes will correspond to "the routes normally used for international navigation". Ships should not deviate more than 25 miles off the designated lanes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriestnall19976_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPriestnall19976-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archipelagic_state&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Discussions about the status of waters between the islands of an archipelago date back to 1924, when <a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Alvarez" class="mw-redirect" title="Alejandro Alvarez">Alejandro Alvarez</a> proposed grouping the islands together when considering the limits of territorial waters.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriestnall19974_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPriestnall19974-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The concept of an archipelagic state became a matter of consideration when the potential beneficiaries (Bahamas, Fiji, Indonesia, Philippines) gained independence post-<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. In the absence of international law, the claims of these states to the waters between the islands were based on internal laws (Indonesia) or interpretation of treaties (the <a href="/wiki/1898_Treaty_of_Paris" class="mw-redirect" title="1898 Treaty of Paris">1898 Treaty of Paris</a> for Philippines).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014125_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014125-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, the economic activity involving the sea resources grew in importance, prompting, for example, the 1945 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Truman_Proclamation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Truman Proclamation (page does not exist)">Truman Proclamation</a> by the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, 1955 and 1956 <a href="/wiki/Notes_verbales" class="mw-redirect" title="Notes verbales">notes verbales</a> of the Philippines, and the 1957 <a href="/w/index.php?title=Djuanda_Declaration&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Djuanda Declaration (page does not exist)">Djuanda Declaration</a> by Indonesia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014126_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014126-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPriestnall19974_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPriestnall19974-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After an early attempt to define archipelagic waters as <a href="/wiki/Territorial_waters" title="Territorial waters">territorial waters</a> by the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1930_Hague_Conference_on_Codification" class="mw-redirect" title="1930 Hague Conference on Codification">1930 Hague Conference on Codification</a> failed, the efforts restarted in 1952 with the <a href="/wiki/International_Law_Commission" title="International Law Commission">International Law Commission</a> (ILC) proposing a definition of an archipelago as three or more islands in the mid-ocean separated by no more than 10 miles, with the body of water in between being <a href="/wiki/Internal_waters" title="Internal waters">internal waters</a>. The proposal was objected to by the <a href="/wiki/Maritime_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime states">maritime states</a>. The 1958 <a href="/wiki/UNCLOS_I" class="mw-redirect" title="UNCLOS I">UNCLOS I</a> established the rule of <a href="/wiki/Straight_baselines" class="mw-redirect" title="Straight baselines">straight baselines</a> that settled the issue for the islands of mainland countries, but not for the mid-ocean archipelagoes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014127–128_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014127–128-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UNCLOS III finally settled the issue prompted by a proposal submitted by Fuji, Indonesia, <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a>, and the Philippines. The codification comprises nine articles of the Part IV of the UNCLOS.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014128–129_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOegroseno2014128–129-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_archipelagic_states">List of archipelagic states</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archipelagic_state&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of archipelagic states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is a list of the current archipelagic states in the world. These 22 <a href="/wiki/Island_country" title="Island country">island countries</a> have sought to claim archipelagic status by utilising the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea provisions.<sup id="cite_ref-Archipelagic_States_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archipelagic_States-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Bolded</b> are the five original official archipelagic states. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>State </th> <th>Geographical configuration<sup id="cite_ref-Archipelagic_States_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archipelagic_States-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Geological type<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Population </th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-world-atlas_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-world-atlas-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">Population<br />density</a><br />(per km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>Geographical location </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/23px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/35px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/45px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a> </td> <td>One <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a> with two main islands </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Island#Oceanic_islands" title="Island">Oceanic</a> </td> <td>97,118 </td> <td>440 </td> <td>194 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands" title="Leeward Islands">Leeward Islands</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">Bahamas</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="3">One archipelago </td> <td>392,000 </td> <td>13,878 </td> <td>23.27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">North Atlantic Ocean</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lucayan_Archipelago" title="Lucayan Archipelago">Lucayan Archipelago</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a> </td> <td>518,467 </td> <td>4,033 </td> <td>125.5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">North Atlantic Ocean</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Macaronesia" title="Macaronesia">Macaronesia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Comoros" title="Comoros">Comoros</a> </td> <td>784,745 </td> <td>2,235 </td> <td>275 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Comoro_Islands" title="Comoro Islands">Comoro Islands</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>One archipelago with the main island (<a href="/wiki/Hispaniola" title="Hispaniola">Hispaniola</a>) shared with another country (<a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Island#Continental_islands" title="Island">Continental</a> </td> <td>10,652,000 </td> <td>48,442 </td> <td>208.2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Greater_Antilles" title="Greater Antilles">Greater Antilles</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a></b> </td> <td>One archipelago with two main islands </td> <td>Various<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>859,178 </td> <td>18,274 </td> <td>46.4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">South Pacific Ocean</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia">Melanesia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/23px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/35px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/46px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Grenada" title="Grenada">Grenada</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>One archipelago with two main islands </td> <td>Oceanic </td> <td>110,000 </td> <td>344 </td> <td>319.8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Windward_Islands" title="Windward Islands">Windward Islands</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a></b> </td> <td>One archipelago with four islands (<a href="/wiki/Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sebatik" class="mw-redirect" title="Sebatik">Sebatik</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Timor" title="Timor">Timor</a>) shared with four other countries (<a href="/wiki/Brunei" title="Brunei">Brunei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>, and <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">Timor-Leste</a>). </td> <td rowspan="2">Various<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>270,203,917 </td> <td>1,904,569 </td> <td>124.7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ocean#World_ocean" title="Ocean">World Ocean</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Maritime_Southeast_Asia" title="Maritime Southeast Asia">Maritime Southeast Asia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a> </td> <td>One archipelago with one main island </td> <td>2,847,232 </td> <td>10,991 </td> <td>252 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Greater_Antilles" title="Greater Antilles">Greater Antilles</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kiribati.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kiribati.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kiribati.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kiribati.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kiribati.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kiribati.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kiribati" title="Kiribati">Kiribati</a> </td> <td>Three archipelagos </td> <td rowspan="4">Oceanic </td> <td>123,346 </td> <td>811 </td> <td>152 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Micronesia" title="Micronesia">Micronesia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/23px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/35px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/45px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a> </td> <td>One archipelago </td> <td>329,198 </td> <td>298 </td> <td>1,105 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldive Islands</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a> </td> <td>Two archipelagos </td> <td>62,000 </td> <td>181 </td> <td>342.5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">North Pacific Ocean</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Micronesia" title="Micronesia">Micronesia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> </td> <td>Two archipelagos<sup class="noprint 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Guinea</a></b> </td> <td>One archipelago with the main island (<a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>) shared with another country (<a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>) </td> <td rowspan="4">Continental shelf </td> <td>6,732,000 </td> <td>462,840 </td> <td>14.5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">South Pacific Ocean</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia">Melanesia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a> </td> <td>One archipelago with one main island </td> <td>120,000 </td> <td>389 </td> <td>307 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Windward_Islands" title="Windward Islands">Windward Islands</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/23px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/35px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/46px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a> </td> <td>One archipelago with two main islands </td> <td>163,000 </td> <td>1,001 </td> <td>169.1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cameroon_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Cameroon Line">Cameroon Line</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a> </td> <td>Five archipelagos </td> <td>523,000 </td> <td>28,400 </td> <td>18.1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">South Pacific Ocean</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia">Melanesia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/23px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/35px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/46px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a> </td> <td>One archipelago with two main islands </td> <td>Continental shelf </td> <td>1,299,953 </td> <td>5,131 </td> <td>254.4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" 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"The Regimes of Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage and Straits' Transit Passage – Similarities and Differences". <i>Maritime Studies</i>. <b>1997</b> (96): 1–12. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F07266472.1997.10878494">10.1080/07266472.1997.10878494</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0726-6472">0726-6472</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Maritime+Studies&rft.atitle=The+Regimes+of+Archipelagic+Sea+Lanes+Passage+and+Straits%E2%80%99+Transit+Passage+%E2%80%93+Similarities+and+Differences&rft.volume=1997&rft.issue=96&rft.pages=1-12&rft.date=1997&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F07266472.1997.10878494&rft.issn=0726-6472&rft.aulast=Priestnall&rft.aufirst=Graham&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArchipelagic+state" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOegroseno2014" class="citation book cs1">Oegroseno, Arif Havas (2014-10-30). 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