Cod Wars
Sign in to saveAlso known as Cod War, Þorskastríðin, Landhelgisstríðin, First Cod War, Second Cod War, Third Cod War
series of confrontations between the United Kingdom and Iceland in 1958–1976 over cod fisheries
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Vinony's link graph records 716 inbound references to Cod Wars, and connects out to United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, transport in the United Kingdom and Steveston.
Vinony files it under 1950s in Iceland, 1950s in the United Kingdom and 1960s in Iceland.
Vinony links it to 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Date
- Date 1 September 1958 – 1 June 1976
- Location
- Waters surrounding Iceland
- Result
- Icelandic victory Iceland secures its territorial water claims
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Location
- Denmark Strait
- Image
- CoventryAlbertWestfj.jpg
- Participant
- Iceland
Show 5 more facts
- immediate cause of
- commercial fishing
- Commons category
- Cod war
- start time
- 1958-09-01
- end time
- 1976-06-01
- has immediate cause
- exclusive economic zone
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
States involved
Iceland United Kingdom West Germany Belgium
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cod Wars” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
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transport in the United Kingdom
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Steveston
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Belgium
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Denmark
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Iceland
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Republic of Ireland
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Soviet Union
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Atlantic Ocean
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war
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World War I
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Categories
1950s in Iceland1950s in the United Kingdom1960s in Iceland1960s in the United Kingdom1970s in Iceland1970s in the United Kingdom20th-century conflicts20th century in Iceland20th-century military history of the United KingdomFisheries lawFishing conflictsFishing in IcelandFishing in ScotlandFishing in the United KingdomForeign relations of IcelandHistory of fishingIcelandic Coast GuardIceland–United Kingdom relationsInternational Court of Justice casesInternational maritime incidentsLaw of the seaMaritime incidents in 1958Maritime incidents in 1972Maritime incidents in 1973