Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Exclusive Economic Zone, or #EEZ in short, covers the first 200 nautical miles Infront of any countries coastline and gives this country exclusive rights for extracting resources like fossil fuels or fishing. While it may seem that countries with the longest coastlines have the largest EEZ, this is not actually true. Small and isolated islands radiate their EEZ into all directions, which massively inflates their exclusive economic zone. The country with the largest EEZ in the world benefits from this principle massively, since the #geography of its main land only has a minor EEZ.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:20 What is an EEZ
2:36 The largest EEZ in the world
Music:
Modern Attempt - TrackTribe
Icelandic Arpeggios - DivKid
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The Exclusive Economic Zone, or #EEZ in short, covers the first 200 nautical miles Infront of any countries coastline and gives this country exclusive rights for extracting resources like fossil fuels or fishing. While it may seem that countries with the longest coastlines have the largest EEZ, this is not actually true. Small and isolated islands radiate their EEZ into all directions, which massively inflates their exclusive economic zone. The country with the largest EEZ in the world benefits from this principle massively, since the #geography of its main land only has a minor EEZ.
Subscribe and leave a like if you want to see more like it, cheers
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:20 What is an EEZ
2:36 The largest EEZ in the world
Music:
Modern Attempt - TrackTribe
Icelandic Arpeggios - DivKid
There is a lot of effort going into creating these mini documentaries. If you want to support the work I am doing, you can now leave a small donation here: buymeacoffee.com/factspark
Any support is greatly appreciated!
