Talk:Gibraltar

Archived old discussion about territorial waters

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==Territorial waters==

Gibraltar in the past has not been mapped with any territorial waters, but with Spanish territorial water surrounding her and abutting the coast.

Error #34229 suggests that the strait of Gibraltar are international waters, just because ships have transit passage doesn't mean that those are international waters.

need a lot of help and sources to clarifying this matters.

Gibraltar has 3m of British Gibraltar Territorial Waters under UNCLOS(82) and the map should show that.

Flowing this conversation, I agree that the ground principle should be followed, and the 3 nautical miles should be indicated and maintained as read only by OSM. I don't know how to do this but with some help from Gibraltar Government GIS project someone should be able to help me.

Also if someone has a premium account on www.marinetraffic.com should be able to prove the ground principle by checking this vessels routes:

- SIR ADRIAN JOHNS

- RN HMS SCIMITAR P284

they are GIB and UK boats and I'm sure they will not mess around in Spanish waters

I will replace this text on the page with a new text referencing the Disputed territories lemma. JeroenvanderGun (talk) 18:07, 1 July 2026 (UTC)