The National Territory

MR. JUN DUMAUG

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an island nation located in the Malay Archipelago in Southeast Asia. The Philippines, named after King Philip II of Spain, is the 72nd largest country by

area and the third largest English speaking country in the world.

The Philippines lies between 116° 40’ and 126° 34’ E longitude and 4° 40’ and 21° 10’ North latitude.

It is composed of 7,107 islands and has a total land area of approximately 300,000 square kilometers including about 298,000 square kilometers of land and about 2,000 square

kilometers of water.

It stretches about 1,850 kilometers surrounded by the Philippine Sea on the east, the South China Sea

at the west and the Celebes Sea on the south. Its nearby neighbors are Taiwan to the north, Malaysia

and Indonesia to the south, Vietnam to the west, China to the northwest and Palau is to the east

beyond the Philippine Sea.

The National Territory

The National Territory comprises the Philippine Archipelago with all the islands and waters EMBRACED therein, and all other territories

over which the Philippines has SOVEREIGNTY

OR JURISDICTION

Consisting of its TERRESTRIAL, FLUVIAL and AERIAL DOMAINS, including its TERRITORIAL SEA, THE SEABED, THE SUBSOIL, THE INSULAR SHELVES and

other SUBMARINE AREAS

The waters AROUND, BETWEEN and CONNECTING the islands of the archipelago

regardless of their BREADTH and DIMENSIONS form part of the INTERNAL WATERS of the

Philippines

INLAND

WATERS

12 NM 24 NM 200 NM

EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE

TERR

ITO

RIAL

SEA

HIGH SEAS

CONTIGOUS ZONE

HIGH SEAS FREEDOMSSEA FLOOR

SUBSOIL BENEATH CONTINENTAL SHELF

CONTINENTAL SHELF EXTENSION

Low Water Baseline

ARCHIPELAGIC DOCTRINE