3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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 ORJURISDICTION
7. Consisting of its TERRESTRIAL, FLUVIAL and
AERIAL DOMAINS, including its TERRITORIAL SEA,
THE SEABED, THE SUBSOIL, THE INSULAR SHELVES
and other SUBMARINE AREAS
8. 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
9.
10. INLAND
WATERS
12 NM 24 NM 200 NM
EXCLUSIVE
ECONOMIC ZONETERRITORIALSEA
HIGH SEAS
CONTIGOUS ZONE
HIGH SEAS FREEDOMS
SEA FLOOR
SUBSOIL BENEATH CONTINENTAL
SHELF
CONTINENTAL SHELF
EXTENSION
Low Water
Baseline
