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Baselines of the Philippines

Baselines of the Philippines

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The baselines of the Philippines (Filipino: mga batayang-guhit ng Pilipinas) are the set of geodesic lines completely encircling the Philippine archipelago from where the maritime entitlements of the country are measured from. It was first established in 1961[1] by an act of the Congress of the Philippines which was further amended in April 2009 to optimize and conform it to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which the Philippines is a signatory to. A total of 101 basepoints providing for 100 baselines were identified under Republic Act No. 9522, which identified Amianan Island as the northernmost, Frances Reef as the southernmost, Pusan Point as its easternmost and the Balabac Great Reef as the westernmost points of the main Philippine archipelago.[2]

The baseline of the Philippines in the darkest blue

Background

The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,641 islands customarily enclosed by the lines demarcated by the Treaty of Paris in 1898 and the Convention Between the United States and Great Britain in 1930, which came to be known in the Philippines as its International Treaty Limits.[3] The government of the Philippines has maintained its position that the waters enclosed by the demarcation lines in the said treaties form part of its territorial waters regardless of its breadth and dimension.[4]

Baselines

The geographic coordinates below are referenced to the World Geodetic System 1984.[5]

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Limits in the Seas: No. 142 Philippines: Archipelagic and other Maritime Claims and Boundaries" (PDF). 142. United States Department of State: 1–18. Retrieved November 26, 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. [2]
    "Republic Act No. 9522". Official Gazette. GOVPH. March 10, 2009. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  3. [3]
    Bautista, Lowell B. "The Philippine Treaty Limits and Territorial Waters Claim in International Law". Retrieved November 26, 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. [4]
    Wolfrum, Rüdiger (1991). Law of the sea at the crossroads. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. p. 123. ISBN 3-428-07240-5. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Deposit by the Republic of the Philippines of a list of geographical coordinates of points pursuant to article 47, paragraph 9, of the Convention" (PDF). April 21, 2009. Retrieved November 26, 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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