Chilean Sea

Portion of the Pacific Ocean lying west of the Chilean mainland Map showing the Chilean sea, the Chilean continental shelf, including the Antarctic claim Exclusive economic zone-continental shelf Continental shelf Extended continental shelf The Chilean Maritime Domain (Spanish: Espacio marítimo chileno), also known as the Chilean Sea (Spanish: Mar Chileno), comprises the set of maritime spaces over which Chile exercises sovereignty, exclusive rights, and claims of varying degrees in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Southern Oceans. This definition often includes the adjacent high seas area known as the “presential sea,” over which Chile neither exercises nor claims any degree of sovereignty. Additionally, Chile claims sovereignty over its continental shelf and extended continental shelf. It is not strictly a sea in the geographic sense defined by the International Hydrographic Organization, but rather a sea in a legal and political sense. It refers to the waters surrounding the continental coast up to 200 nautical miles to the west from the low tide line, and in the case of the Polynesian islands of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Salas y Gómez, 350 nautical miles. Through Decree 346