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The national territory comprises the (), with all the islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories over whichthe Philippineshas sovereignty orjurisdiction, consistingof its terrestrial, fluvial,andaerialdomains,includingits territorial sea,the seabed,the subsoil,the insular shelves,andother submarineareas.The watersaround,between, andconnectingthe islandsof the archipelago, regardless of their breadthanddimensions,form partof the internal watersof the Philippine
Philippine archipelago
The Philippines is bounded by the ()to the west,
South China Sea
the () to the east,
Philippine Sea
andthe() to the southwest,
Celebes Sea
and shares maritime borders with () (Republic of China) to the north,
Taiwan
() to the northeast,
Japan
() to the east and southeast,
Palau
()to the south, () to the southwest,
Indonesia , Malaysia and Brunei
()to the west, and mainland ()to the northwest
Vietnam , China
Manila's exclusive economic zone overlaps () expansive territorial clain in the South China Sea, causing disputes over the Scarborough Shoal and Spratly Islands
Beijing
EEZ OF PH
370.8 Km from the coastline
Territorial Sea of the PH extends
22.4 km from the coast
President Marcos announced that Kalayaan (Spratly Islands) is part of the Philippine
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE OF 1596
is a group of islands at the south east of the Philippines
KALAYAAN ISLANDS
is composed of many islands and as such is exposed to danger. Any of these islands can be made as an entry point and all the inland waters could not be possibly guarded.This arrangement was significant for it recognized each archipelago as a unit of political structure.
ARCHIPELAGIC DOCTRINE
Summarize Philippine territory, kilometers in size an include the inland water and the territorial seas
UNCLOS – United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas 115,830 –
THREE KINDSOF DOMAIN
Terrestrial, aerial, fluvial
- it refers to the land, whether, agricultural, forest or timber, mineral lands, and national parks under sovereignty and jurisdiction of the Philippines.
.TERRESTRIAL DOMAIN
efers to the air space above the territorial lands and waters of the Philippines but excluding the outer space
AERIAL DOMAIN
It refers to internal or national waters and external or territorial waters, over which the Philippines exercises jurisdiction.
FLUVIAL DOMAIN
