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The Spratly Islands Administered by the Individual States of the Region and the Boundaries of Claims Versus the Exclusive Econom

The Spratly Islands Administered by the Individual States of the Region and the Boundaries of Claims Versus the Exclusive Econom

The Spratly administered by the individual states of the region and the boundaries of claims versus the exclusive economic zones and the boundaries of the continental shelf

0 25 50 75 100 km

0 25 50 75 100 NM

2009 1974

Northeast Cay

Southwest Cay Claim Block Petroleum Vietnam South Reef

West York Thitu Island Irving Reef Flat Island Loaita Cay Lankiam Cay a e Centre Cay Petley Reef S Itu Aba Island Gaven Reef a Namyit Island n i Discovery Great Reef 1979 h Sin Cowe Island C () Grierson Reef Collins Reef Higgens Reef Lansdowne Reef h t u First o Bombay Castle S Thomas Shoal 2009

2009

(London Reefs) Central Reef Pearson Reef Pigeon Reef 1979 West Reef East Reef Alison Reef

Ladd Reef Cornwallis South Reef

Commodore Reef

Prince of Wales Bank Barque Canada Reef Erica Reef Investigator Shoal Alexandra Bank Mariveles Reef Prince Consort Bank Grainger Bank Rifleman Bank

Ardasier Reef

Vanguard Bank

1979 1979 The boundaries of the claims in the South Sea have not been precisely delimited. This is their approximate location, presented for illustrative purposes only. illustrative for presented location, approximate This is their delimited. precisely not been have Sea in the South China the claims of : The boundaries

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LEGEND

Areas of land (islands, cays, reefs, rocks): Submerged areas and areas only partly above water: Boundaries of claims submitted by: Boundaries of the exclusive economic zones delimited pursuant to the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague issued in 2016 (case number 2013–19) and in line with the UNCLOS, i.e. 200 nautical miles from the straight baseline of: administered by China administered by China China – the ‘nine-dash line’ (1947) Brunei Philippines Malaysia Indonesia Vietnam administered by the Philippines administered by Malaysia Philippines – to the exclusive economic zone (1974)

administered by Malaysia administered by Vietnam Malaysia – to the exclusive economic zone (1979) Malaysia – to the continental shelf (2009) Boundaries of the territorial seas administered by Vietnam – to the petroleum block (1979) administered by Vietnam Landing fields Runways Harbours Vietnam – to the continental shelf (2009)