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why didnt countries annex the sea?

why didnt they just annex the sea to be bigger?

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    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Maritime borders are established by treaty and custom. If a county wants to claim an entire ocean, those claims would probably require military force. Most countries don't want to go to war about that.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Some countries are building islands or peninsulas into the sea to increase their land mass as well as increase their territorial water.

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