The area extending 200 nautical miles (370.4 kilometers) from the coast of the U.S., over which a nation has rights to exploration and use of maritime resources
US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Glossary - NOAA's State of the Coast (SOTC), Washington, DC, USA 2013. http://stateofthecoast.noaa.gov/glossary.html, (CoaStormEmr - Amer) {881}