Sea border (territorial border)

A change to the past is the concept of “maritime border in the sea” which replaces “territorial border”. Sweden’s maritime territory includes inland waters and the territorial sea. See also the new Act (2017:1272) on the Swedish Sea Territory and Maritime Zones. The following attributes are located in the point shape file: Ordernr_parts — Sequencing number of the territorial points (TP) for each leg. Section — The boundary consists of two regular lines around the mainland and Öland respectively around Gotland and Gotska Sandön. Ordernr_TP — Sequencing number of significant points on the boundary of the sea territory. Latitude & Longitude — All points along the boundary are described by geographical coordinates in latitude and longitude expressed in the reference system SWEREF 99 partly in degrees and decimal minutes as stated in the law and partly in decimal degrees. Point type — The following point types exist: • cut-off point at the border, territorial point (TP); • segmented point on a straight geodetic line or on a rhumb line between: two breakpoints (MP), • segmented point on an arc of circle between two breakpoints (MC); and • point on the centreline of the Sound described by the coordinates on 27 November 2014 presented this border line in the Swedish Maritime Administration’s chart Database (ML). Point name — Names where this occurs (applies to agreed points on national borders). Source — Act (2017:1272) on the Swedish Sea Territory and Maritime Zones or the Border Review Sweden-Finland 2016, the Swedish and Finnish Border Commissions, see also SÖ2010:2. Unique ID — A unique ID added by the Swedish Maritime Administration. The following attributes are available in the line shape file: Section — The boundary consists of two regular lines around the mainland and Öland respectively around Gotland and Gotska Sandön. Source — Act (2017:1272) on the Swedish Sea Territory and Maritime Zones or the Border Review Sweden-Finland 2016, the Swedish and Finnish Border Commissions, see also SÖ2010:2.