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n g u H U h g n g Fuxing T'ai- a s e i n Strait Claimed Straight Baselines Kaiyuan H ia Hua-lien Y - Claims in the Paracel and Spratly Islands Bose J Mai-Liao chung-shih i Q J R i Maritime Lines u i g T9 Y h e n e o s ia o Dongshan CHINA u g B D s Tropic of Cancer J Hon n Qingyuan Tropic of Cancer Established maritime boundary ian J Chaozhou Makung n Declaration of the People’s Republic of China on the Baseline of the Territorial Sea, May 15, 1996 g i Pingnan Heyuan PESCADORES Taiwan a Xicheng an Wuzhou 21 25° 25.8' 00" N 119° 56.3' 00" E 31 21° 27.7' 00" N 112° 21.5' 00" E 41 18° 14.6' 00" N 109° 07.6' 00" E While Bandar Seri Begawan has not articulated claims to reefs in the South g Jieyang Chaozhou 24 T19 N BRUNEI Claim line Kaihua T10- Hsi-yü-p’ing Chia-i 22 24° 58.6' 00" N 119° 28.7' 00" E 32 19° 58.5' 00" N 111° 16.4' 00" E 42 18° 19.3' 00" N 108° 57.1' 00" E China Sea (SCS), since 1985 the Sultanate has claimed a continental shelf Xinjing Guiping Xu Shantou T11 Yü Luxu n Jiang T12 23 24° 09.7' 00" N 118° 14.2' 00" E 33 19° 53.0' 00" N 111° 12.8' 00" E 43 18° 30.2' 00" N 108° 41.3' 00" E X Puning T13 that extends beyond these features to a hypothetical median with Vietnam. Bruneian continental shelf claim Guigang i Jiang Guangzhou 24 23° 31.9' 00" N 117° 41.3' 00" E 34 18° 39.7' 00" N 110° 29.6' 00" E 44 18° 30.4' 00" N 108° 41.1' 00" E Simao Dongguan 25-26 Liu-ch’iu T'ai-nan Shanwei Yü Anping 25 23° 12.9' 00" N 117° 14.9' 00" E 35 18° 39.4' 00" N 110° 29.1' 00" E 45 18° 31.0' 00" N 108° 40.6' 00" E Malaysia contends Brunei’s maritime limit stops at the 100-fathom isobath Ha Giang Huicheng T'ai- Chinese S Huizhou o Nanning Zhaoqing Huangpu 26 23° 12.3' 00" N 117° 13.9' 00" E 36 18° 26.1' 00" N 110° 08.4' 00" E 46 18° 31.1' 00" N 108° 40.5' 00" E from the coast based on 1958 UK Orders in Council. China’s and Taiwan’s n ng P'ing- tung (series of 9 dashes; the 10th dash shown on g Cao Bang ia Foshan Haicheng Lufeng 27 Yun-an B J Nansha tung T18 27 22° 56.1' 00" N 116° 29.7' 00" E 37 18° 23.0' 00" N 110° 03.0' 00" E 47 18° 50.5' 00" N 108° 37.3' 00" E claimed areas in the SCS include the seaward extension of Brunei’s maritime map is outside of the South China Sea) a Yu Lingcheng Huizhou Tsoying ng ng Lü Tao 28 22° 18.9' 00" N 115° 07.5' 00" E 38 18° 11.0' 00" N 109° 42.1' 00" E 48 19° 11.6' 00" N 108° 36.0' 00" E M G ia claim. China (including Taiwan), Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam do Sa Pa ia J Jiangmen Shiqi Shenzhen Shanwei ng uo Yulin Kao-hsiung 29 21° 48.5' 00" N 113° 58.0' 00" E 39 18° 11.0' 00" N 109° 41.8' 00" E 49 19° 21.1' 00" N 108° 38.6' 00" E 1979 Malaysian continental shelf limit e Red Z Shekou Guangdong not accept Brunei’s claims. k Xinyi Zhongshan Ta-Lin-Pu 30 21° 34.1' 00" N 112° 47.9' 00" E 40 18° 09.5' 00" N 109° 34.4' 00" E o Yantian Terminal n T14 Philippine (Kalayaan) g Bobai Changsha Zhuhai Pingxiang Hong 28 Liu-ch’iu Yü Lan Yü MALAYSIA Hypothethical equidistant line Qinzhou Macau Kong Gaozhou Special Administrative O-luan T16- Malaysia has not formally claimed and specifi ed a system of baselines in the Baselines Maritime Zones Act ratifi ed in 2007 but baselines were apparently drawn to B S Special l o Yangjiang Mao-pi Pi T17 Phongsali ac Thai n Administrative Region determine Malaysia’s territorial sea limits, which are shown on offi cial maps. Malaysian-Vietnamese joint CLCS (Commission on k g Fangcheng T’ou Ky Lianzhou Beijing refers to the Spratly Islands, Paracel Islands, Pratas Island, and Yen Bai Nguyen C Region 29 Lufeng T15 CHINA the Limits of the Continental Shelf) southern ung Maoming Terminal (claimed by CHINA and VIETNAM) Scarborough Reef as Nansha Qundao, Xisha Qundao, Dongsha Qundao, Shangchuan PARACEL ISLANDS submission Son La Beihai Wuchuan Dao Bashi Channel Declaration on Chinese-claimed straight baselines, May 15, 1996 and Huangyan Dao, respectively, claiming these as well as all surfacing and Hailing 30 Huizhou Dao 31 Terminal im Shuidong Munin a 1 16° 40' 30" N 112° 44' 12" E 11 15° 46' 30" N 111° 11' 36" E 21 17° 07' 06" N 111° 31' 36" E undersea features within nine dashes drawn on Chinese SCS maps. China 200-nautical-mile arc drawn from undisputed territory Cam Dao Vình l 99- HANOI Hon Thuc Zhanjiang Xijiang c 101 1 e Y’Ami 2 16° 40' 06" N 112° 44' 30" E 12 15° 46' 42" N 111° 11' 24" E 22 17° 06' 54" N 111° 32' 00" E Louang Gai Pha Weizhou 23-1 Xijiang s treats Scarborough Reef, also claimed by the Philippines, as part of partially Dao e Island 12-nautical-mile line Namtha 30-2 n 3 16° 39' 48" N 112° 44' 42" E 13 15° 46' 54" N 111° 11' 18" E 23 16° 59' 54" N 112° 14' 42" E Haiphong Donghai Dao i drying Macclesfield Bank (Zhongsha Qundao). China adopted the nine QUAN DAO Leizhou h Itbayat 4 16° 04' 24" N 112° 35' 48" E 14 15° 47' 12" N 111° 11' 24" E 24 16° 59' 42" N 112° 15' 36" E C Spratly Islands12-nautical-mile line Ha Long CO TO Naozhou Dao Island BATAN 5 16° 01' 54" N 112° 32' 42" E 15 17° 04' 54" N 111° 26' 54" E 25 16° 59' 24" N 112° 16' 36" E dashes from Kuomintang maps drawn in 1947, resulting in Taiwan’s claims Doan D1 Weizhou Leizhou D2 98 (Under UNCLOS, states are entitled to claim 12-nm territorial seas from Xa QUAN DAO Panyu Liuhua ISLANDS 6 16° 01' 30" N 112° 31' 48" E 16 17° 05' 24" N 111° 26' 54" E 26 16° 58' 24" N 112° 18' 18" E coinciding largely with China’s. China considers the area within the dashes S 10-3 Bandao 4-2/5-1 D3 any and all of their sovereign and/or claimed territory.) o LONG CHAU Terminal 7 16° 01' 30" N 112° 24' 48" E 17 17° 05' 42" N 111° 27' 12" E 27 16° 57' 36" N 112° 19' 36" E n D4 Luzon Basco to be part of Hainan Province and has referred to the maritime space g Pratas Xam M Batan Island 8 15° 46' 30" N 111° 12' 36" E 18 17° 06' 00" N 111° 27' 48" E 28 16° 56' 54" N 112° 20' 30" E therein as Chinese “territorial waters,” an undefined term that does not Nua a Nam Dinh Xucheng Island Straight baseline ry 9 15° 46' 24" N 111° 12' 06" E 19 17° 06' 30" N 111° 29' 12" E 20 Dao Bach a 20 d Sabtang appear to conform to standard maritime regimes permitted under 23 Long Vi n 10 15° 46' 24" N 111° 11' 48" E 20 17° 07' 00" N 111° 31' 00" E u it Island Straight baseline turning point o Hainan Stra international law. Chinese archeologists assert the islands in the SCS were b Louangphrabang e Haikou 2 m the ancient site of fishing and merchant activities and Chinese records note ti Balintang Channel Note: The United States Government does not accept the validity of ri 32 TAIWAN a Macun Law on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone of the Republic of China, January 21, 1998 naval expeditions into the South China Sea during the Han Dynasty in A.D. most of these straight and archipelagic baseline segments. Thanh Hoa m Yangpu 33 se Babuyan China includes Pratas Island and Paracel Islands in its straight baseline Laos e Island 110 and the Ming Dynasty from 1403-1433. China contends the 1887 m Wenchang Saint Esprit Strait T1 25° 00.60' 00" N 122° 00.00' 00" E T10 23° 24.80' 00" N 119° 18.70' 00" E T19 23° 29.20' 00" N 121° 30.53' 00" E a Calayan claims; rendering of these baseline points does not denote acceptance n Wenchang Shoal T2 25° 28.80' 00" N 122° 05.80' 00" E T11 23° 24.00' 00" N 119° 18.20' 00" E T20 24° 28.70' 00" N 121° 51.10' 00" E Sino-French Convention allocated all features to China east of 108°03’E. t or substantiation of these claims. ie Qinglan Island 49 Danzhou T3 25° 29.00' 00" N 122° 05.80' 00" E T12 23° 19.50' 00" N 119° 18.80' 00" E T21 24° 35.90' 00" N 121° 53.70' 00" E China occupies several of the Spratly Islands and completed seizure of all Hon -V e BABUYAN Me s Qionghai Helen T4 25° 37.50' 00" N 122° 04.50' 00" E T13 23° 12.00' 00" N 119° 24.40' 00" E T22 24° 49.90' 00" N 121° 57.30' 00" E the Paracel Islands from Vietnam in 1974. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, e 48 Shoal 97 ISLANDS in Hainan Dalapuri T5 25° 37.80' 00" N 122° 03.90' 00" E T14 22° 19.10' 00" N 120° 20.90' 00" E D1 20° 46.16' 00" N 116° 45.45' 00" E h Dongfang and Vietnam dispute China’s claims. C Island T6 25° 17.70' 00" N 121° 30.40' 00" E T15 21° 45.45' 00" N 120° 48.90' 00" E D2 20° 44.16' 00" N 116° 42.13' 00" E g Basuo Dao n Fuga Camiguin T7 25° 04.20' 00" N 121° 05.40' 00" E T16 21° 56.70' 00" N 121° 36.10' 00" E D3 20° 41.92' 00" N 116° 41.30' 00" E Populated Places o Muang Hon Island k 47 Island e Vinh Mat m T8 25° 00.55' 00" N 121° 00.65' 00" E T17 21° 57.00' 00" N 121° 37.10' 00" E D4 20° 35.78' 00" N 116° 44.80' 00" E Phôn-Hông Gulf of i Babuyan Channel M Muang la Camilo Osias/ More than 1 million c T9 23° 47.20' 00" N 119° 32.00' 00" E T18 22° 41.00' 00" N 121° 31.00' 00" E Nghe Tinh 34- San Vicente Pakxan e 96 Claveria 35 s 95 Philippine 43- Ban Nape e Cape Bojeador 100,000 to 1,000,000 46 n 3 Yulin 36 i Tonkin h VIETNAM Kuala Lumpur drew its continental shelf claim in the Spratly Islands in 1979 Sanya 37 Aparri Port Iligan Point MALAYSIA 42 C Laoag Declaration of the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, November 12, 1982 25,000 to 100,000 VIENTIANE Mui Ron Irene to include five islands which Malaysia occupies plus others occupied or Vung Ang 41 38-39 40 A1 09° 15.0' 00" N 103° 27.0' 00" E A5 08° 39.7' 00" N 106° 42.1' 00" E A9 13° 54.0' 00" N 109° 21.0' 00" E controlled by the Philippines and Vietnam. It constructed Layang Layang Dong Nai Currimao A2 08° 22.8' 00" N 104° 52.4' 00" E A6 09° 58.0' 00" N 109° 05.0' 00" E A10 15° 23.1' 00" N 109° 09.0' 00" E Fewer than 25,000 Hon 94 Resort on Swallow (Layang) Reef. As part of their joint submission to the Gio A3 08° 37.8' 00" N 106° 37.5' 00" E A7 12° 39.0' 00" N 109° 28.0' 00" E A11 17° 10.0' 00" N 107° 20.6' 00" E National capital Udon A4 08° 38.9' 00" N 106° 40.3' 00" E A8 12° 53.8' 00" N 109° 27.2' 00" E Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) in May 2009, 93 Tuguegarao Thani Vigan Sea Malaysia and Vietnam defined 200-nm EEZ limits extending from mainland Thakhèk Dong Hoi 92 City baseline claims, with both states ignoring, but not renouncing, any Sakon Nakhon Nakhon Phanom Dao 112 Claimed Archipelagic Straight Baselines overlapping jurisdictional effects of the Spratly Islands. Brunei, China Con Co Shipping-Related Features A11 V 4-6 n
(including Taiwan), the Philippines, and Vietnam do not accept Malaysia’s 113 15-22 i Palanan e a Point 7 INDONESIA 23-28 t y claims. Approximate shipping lane n a
g 8 a Regulation No. 38, June 28, 2002 a Chinese-Vietnamese m 9 Woody Island C hypothethical Ernesto R.Ogbinar/ 10 1 01° 14' 27" N 104° 34' 32" E 16 02° 05' 10" N 109° 38' 43" E 31 01° 45' 47" N 124° 43' 51" E Naval base c
Savannakhet equidistant line l Poro Point 1-3 a 2 01° 02' 52" N 104° 49' 50" E 17 04° 10' 00" N 118° 53' 50" E 32 02° 44' 15" N 125° 09' 28" E Khon M San Fernando
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PARACEL m 3 02° 18' 00" N 105° 35' 47" E 18 04° 08' 03" N 118° 53' 01" E 33 04° 14' 06" N 125° 18' 59" E Port facility Kean e Hue Cape Baguio k s Bolinao Tarigit o 4 02° 44' 29" N 105° 22' 46" E 19 04° 06' 12" N 118° 38' 02" E 34 04° 40' 16" N 125° 25' 41" E A port is named after its attributable city unless t 87- Point 11 n h g 91 5 03° 05' 32" N 105° 35' 00" E 20 03° 27' 57" N 117° 52' 41" E 35 04° 44' 14" N 125° 28' 42" E Manila claimed Scarborough Reef as well as a large portion of the Spratly otherwise labeled Lam Nam Chi Chan May e Lingayen Luzon PHILIPPINES ISLANDS 6 03° 19' 52" N 105° 57' 04" E 21 02° 15' 12" N 118° 38' 41" E 36 04° 44' 25" N 125° 28' 56" E P 85- Gulf Islands as terra nullius during explorations in the SCS commencing in May a 86 Chaiyaphum r 7 03° 27' 04" N 106° 16' 08" E 22 01° 46' 53" N 119° 02' 26" E 37 04° 44' 46" N 125° 29' 24" E Da Nang 4 a 1956. It named the Spratly claim the Kalayaan (Freedom) Island Group and Hon La C c Dagupan h 8 04° 04' 01" N 107° 26' 09" E 23 00° 59' 55" N 120° 12' 50" E 38 05° 34' 02" N 126° 34' 54" E i 7 5-6 e 84 Cu Lao Cham n l occupies several of the islands. It defines the Spratlys and Scarborough Reef Salavan e 9 04° 31' 09" N 107° 43' 17" E 24 01° 20' 16" N 120° 47' 31" E 39 05° 33' 57" N 126° 35' 29" E s a 83 Santa Cruz Energy-Related Features e Macclesfield n
8-14 d 10 04° 42' 25" N 107° 54' 20" E 25 01° 22' 40" N 120° 53' 04" E 40 04° 46' 18" N 127° 08' 32" E as a special “regime of islands” distinct from the rest of the Philippine c m
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Oil concession block c S M Ratchathani r Masinloc 12 04° 47' 45" N 108° 01' 19" E 27 01° 18' 48" N 121° 26' 36" E 42 04° 38' 38" N 127° 09' 49" E n a e a ae u A10
Philippines’ claims. N M s Cabanatuan Nakhon am t P 112 Cu Lao Re l e 13 04° 00' 48" N 108° 25' 04" E 28 01° 08' 17" N 122° 25' 47" E 43 04° 37' 36" N 127° 09' 53" E Concession block number Dung Quat y m n Ratchasima Pakxe i San
a I h Angeles 14 03° 01' 51" N 108° 54' 52" E 29 01° 02' 52" N 123° 06' 45" E 44 03° 45' 13" N 126° 51' 06" E s
l POLILLO N C Fernando a Leovigildo Gantioqui/
15 02° 38' 43" N 109° 10' 04" E 30 01° 09' 29" N 124° 20' 38" E Oil and gas field g e n San Miguel ISLANDS n a d Scarborough Surin o s Quezon M K . Reef Subic Oilfield lé H Bay n Olongapo City PHILIPPINES ô o Vietnam w CALAGUA Republic Act P522 to defi ne the archipelagic baselines of the Philippines, July 28, 2008 Taipei, like Beijing, asserts “historic” sovereignty over all features drawn T Balanga Manila TAIWAN Gasfield e MANILA 12 ISLANDS v Limay Bay Jose within the dashes originally shown on a map published by the Kuomintang e Jose Francisco/ Lamon 1 21° 06' 57.73" N 121° 57' 27.71" E 35 07° 27' 29.42" N 126° 35' 51.71" E 69 07° 48' 30.69" N 116° 59' 39.18" E r Pangbaniban , Bonifacio
2 19° 57' 38.19" N 122° 09' 46.32" E 36 07° 17' 19.80" N 126° 36' 18.16" E 70 07° 51' 27.17" N 116° 54' 17.19" E Offshore terminal t government in 1947—including the Spratly Islands, Paracel Islands, Pratas h Mariveles Heracleo Alano/ Bay e San 13 3 18° 18' 35.30" N 122° 20' 19.07" E 37 07° 16' 14.43" N 126° 35' 57.20" E 71 07° 52' 19.86" N 116° 53' 28.73" E Cavite 14 Island, and Scarborough Reef. Taiwan occupies several of the Spratly Islands e Tandoc Floating (Production) Storage and an x Pablo 4 17° 07' 16.30" N 122° 31' 28.34" E 38 06° 17' 14.73" N 126° 12' 14.40" E 72 07° 54' 36.35" N 116° 53' 16.64" E S Hon Trau South t Calamba lé and administers Pratas Island. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam ôn Pleiku e Daet 5 17° 06' 14.79" N 122° 31' 43.84" E 39 06° 16' 08.35" N 126° 11' 35.06" E 73 08° 02' 00.26" N 116° 54' 10.04" E T n Lucena Offloading unit (FPSO and FSO) t Lubang Catanduanes object to Taiwan’s coincident claims with China. Quy Atimonan Tinambac 6 17° 05' 51.31" N 122° 31' 42.66" E 40 05° 23' 34.20" N 125° 28' 42.11" E 74 08° 11' 18.36" N 116° 59' 51.87" E Cu Lao Coni o 82 Island Lipa Island f Sisophon Nhon A9 Pagbilao 7 17° 02' 36.91" N 122° 31' 03.28" E 41 05° 23' 21.80" N 125° 28' 19.59" E 75 08° 37' 56.37" N 117° 15' 51.23" E Sriracha t Cu Lao h Batangos Virac 8 16° 53' 18.03" N 122° 27' 56.61" E 42 05° 21' 55.66" N 125° 25' 11.21" E 76 08° 44' 17.40" N 117° 20' 39.37" E Habour e LUBANG Poulo Gambir i Lagonoy Tôn r Naga Stœng lé ISLANDS Ragay Gulf 9 16° 49' 56.11" N 122° 26' 50.78" E 43 05° 21' 58.48" N 125° 21' 52.03" E 77 08° 53' 32.20" N 117° 28' 15.78" E S c r l Santa Trêng ê a 10 16° 47' 38.86" N 122° 26' 04.40" E 44 05° 22' 02.91" N 125° 20' 59.73" E 78 09° 02' 57.47" N 117° 37' 38.88" E Fiber-Optic Submarine Cables p Gulf Tabaco Batdâmbâng Cu Lao i ô m Cruz 11 16° 18' 44.33" N 122° 14' 16.69" E 45 05° 23' 20.18" N 125° 19' 44.29" E 79 09° 59' 22.54" N 118° 36' 53.61" E k Ma Nha
China h Legaspi Julhasan A. Arasain/ Hanoi claims all of the Spratly and Paracel Islands. However, the extent of APCN 12 14° 29' 54.43" N 122° 57' 51.15" E 46 06° 09' 08.44" N 124° 15' 42.81" E 80 11° 13' 19.82" N 119° 15' 17.74" E VIETNAM Tuy Hoa a Marinduque Legazpi s Pinamalayan 13 14° 06' 29.91" N 124° 16' 59.21" E 47 06° 26' 47.22" N 122° 13' 34.50" E 81 12° 19' 35.22" N 119° 50' 56.00" E Vietnam’s territorial and maritime claims in the SCS has not been delimited n Sorsogon C2C Rayong Cambodia o Burias 14 14° 06' 10.40" N 124° 17' 26.28" E 48 06° 02' 33.77" N 121° 56' 36.20" E 82 13° 53' 21.45" N 120° 01' 05.86" E A8 in text or on maps. Vietnam considers the Spratly Islands an offshore district Tonle Sap Buon Ma Mui Nay t Mindoro Island 15
b t Romblon 16 15 12° 41' 06.37" N 125° 03' 53.71" E 49 06° 01' 08.15" N 121° 54' 41.45" E 83 15° 48' 43.61" N 119° 46' 56.09" E Vung Ro i of Khanh Hoa Province and occupies several of them. China seized all of Thuot Dam Mon e P China-US a Island 17-18 e Chanthaburi Pouthisat r 16 12° 36' 18.41" N 125° 08' 50.19" E 50 06° 00' 17.88" N 121° 53' 11.17" E 84 15° 57' 51.67" N 119° 44' 55.32" E A7 t 19-20 the Paracels in 1974. Like the Chinese, Vietnamese archeologists provide n Sibuyan Ticao h Krâchéh Hon Khoi S 21 Hon Cha La d 17 12° 32' 33.62" N 125° 12' 59.70" E 51 05° 12' 08.70" N 120° 41' 38.14" E 85 16° 09' 57.90" N 119° 45' 15.76" E T San Island i EAC Mindoro s r own evidence to support a long historic presence on various SCS ô e Masbate 22 thei a l n l Jose 18 12° 31' 57.45" N 125° 13' 32.37" E 52 04° 47' 39.24" N 119° 51' 58.08" E 86 16° 10' 12.42" N 119° 45' 11.95" E Nha l Van Phong Bay i 23 lé m b 24-25 i 81 Strait Sibuyan 19 12° 28' 36.42" N 125° 17' 12.32" E 53 04° 24' 53.84" N 119° 14' 50.71" E 87 16° 16' 34.46" N 119° 46' 19.50" E features. Hanoi claims that since France controlled both island groups S Sea a Kâmpóng p FLAG Ko Trang i Tablas t 26 a T Calbayog e Island Masbate
20 12° 27' 37.51" N 125° 18' 05.23" E 54 04° 25' 03.83" N 119° 14' 15.15" E 88 16° 17' 12.70" N 119° 46' 28.52" E Chang Chhnang b Island p beginning in the 1930s, Vietnam succeeded to those rights after indepen- d g Hon Tre Samar Krong n . Busuanga Island 21 12° 21' 41.64" N 125° 23' 07.41" E 55 04° 36' 09.01" N 119° 03' 22.75" E 89 16° 18' 29.49" N 119° 46' 44.94" E dence. Brunei, China (including Taiwan), Malaysia, and the Philippines Guam-Philippines ko Kâmpóng Cham Da i Kaôh e Cam Ranh Island Sea Samar n 22 12° 17' 27.17" N 125° 27' 00.12" E 56 04° 42' 52.07" N 119° 01' 44.04" E 90 16° 19' 28.20" N 119° 47' 07.69" E M Lat Sea
dispute Vietnam’s claims. m e 23 12° 13' 21.95" N 125° 30' 19.47" E 57 04° 45' 55.25" N 119° 03' 15.19" E 91 16° 20' 04.38" N 119° 47' 20.48" E SeaMeWe Kong Ba Ngoi i a Ko l CALAMIAN Visayan Biliran Phan Rang- c L 24 12° 11' 48.16" N 125° 31' 30.88" E 58 04° 47' 05.36" N 119° 05' 12.94" E 92 17° 34' 24.94" N 120° 20' 33.36" E ina pac Island T Kut e NORTH a GROUP TIS (Thailand-Indonesia-Singapore) m n s 25 12° 11' 20.67" N 125° 31' 48.29" E 59 04° 55' 10.45" N 119° 22' 01.30" E 93 17° 41' 17.56" N 120° 21' 02.02" E Thap Cham i St Sea r Jasmine Tay e DANGER REED r a ai Roxas PHNOM n l t s e Venture Terminal i REEF s 26 12° 06' 07.00" N 125° 34' 11.94" E 60 05° 02' 23.73" N 119° 44' 18.14" E 94 17° 55' 04.13" N 120° 24' 40.56" E Ninh c Tacloban Kaoh h Malampaya a City NARES TABLEMOUNT e n 27 10° 45' 16.70" N 125° 58' 08.78" E 61 05° 46' 35.15" N 119° 39' 51.77" E 95 18° 29' 32.42" N 120° 33' 42.41" E C Terminal P Kong s t PENH BANK e Bantayan s c Note: The South China Sea is defined by the International Hydrographic Bureau as the Scale 1: 5,100,000 n 80 28 09° 49' 59.58" N 126° 10' 06.39" E 62 06° 05' 58.41" N 118° 26' 57.30" E 96 18° 30' 52.88" N 120° 34' 55.35" E Thu Dau i e Dioscoro Papa/ Thitu h Ormoc Phan THITU W s Panay Tacloban h 29 08° 53' 16.62" N 126° 20' 48.81" E 63 06° 04' 14.08" N 118° 18' 33.33" E 97 19° 10' 14.78" N 121° 12' 52.64" E body of water stretching in a southwest to northeast direction, whose southern limit is West York C s Mot Island o m REEFS a Leyte Suluan Thiet i Island y Leyte 0 50 100 150 200 a P 30 08° 13' 11.53" N 126° 28' 53.25" E 64 06° 11' 04.65" N 118° 06' 54.15" E 98 20° 43' 15.74" N 121° 46' 57.80" E 3° South latitude between southern Sumatra and Kalimantan (Karimata Strait), and l Subi u Island Kâmpóng t Isabel c Flat 27 31 07° 42' 45.02" N 126° 34' 29.03" E 65 06° 13' 39.90" N 118° 03' 52.09" E 99 21° 07' 17.47" N 121° 56' 43.85" E Benchamas Kaoh Rung Ho Chi Minh ) Reef Taytay C CUYO s Gulf whose northern limit is the Taiwan Strait from the northern tip of Taiwan to the Fujian Kilometers Saôm n LOAITA Island a Iloilo Terminal Kâmpôt a E Bacolod Homonhon 32 07° 29' 49.47" N 126° 35' 59.24" E 66 06° 17' 43.99" N 118° 00' 05.44" E 100 21° 07' 18.41" N 121° 56' 48.79" E Kaoh Rung Cu Lao a BANK Nanshan Island ISLANDS Alfonso coast of China. Chau City y o Palencia/ San Island Samlœm Su Tu Den la Loaita Island y Cebu 33 07° 29' 16.93" N 126° 35' 59.50" E 67 06° 52' 14.53" N 118° 23' 40.49" E 101 21° 07' 12.04" N 121° 57' 03.65" E 0 50 100 150 200 Phu My Thu a u Guimaras Carlos Kaoh Pring Doc My Terminal K C Guimaras Toledo 34 07° 28' 30.97" N 126° 35' 57.30" E 68 07° 30' 26.05" N 117° 18' 33.75" E Thoi My Tho ( Pulupandan Cebu City Su Tu Vang e Island Statute Miles Tantawan Kaoh Long Long An in Dumaran Rafael Ramos/ Dinagat p Itu Aba Island Roxas Panay Mactan Terminal Tang Dao Phu Vung Tau Ruby p SPRATLY Island Xuyen i Island Minglanilla 10 Gulf of Quoc QUAN Can il TIZARD BANK 10 0 50 100 150 200 h Gaven Reefs Gulf DAO g 129 P Carlito Cunanan/ Carcar Siargao Island BA LUA Tho n Discovery Namyit Island QUAN DAO o Rang Dong 1 Julia Shoal Ulugan 28 Nautical Miles AN THOI Great Reef 79 Rach k Te Giac Trang Table Bohol Surigao Thailand e A6 Negros SIARGAO Hon Gia Soc Sin Cowe Island Point Paracel Islands Platong Rai M Chi Linh Terminal Ba Vi Terminal Mischief Tagbilaran ISLANDS Terminal QUAN DAO Trang e UNION REEFS Reef NAM DU h Vietsovpetro 130 t Puerto Bais 111°00’ 112°00’ 113°00’ Dao Tho f Chi Lang Terminal Terminal Johnson Bac o Reef Bombay Princesa Apolinario Jalandoon/ CAGAYAN Chu s Puerto Princesa North Ca Lieu th Vinashin Coronation Fiery Cross South Shoal ISLANDS Dumaguete Bohol Sea Reef u Bank North Island A1 Mau Mo Reef Tree Island Middle Island 131 Palawan Masao 17°00’ South Island 17°00’ Erawan Hon ISLANDS Siquijor Camiguin Butuan Terminal Chuoi Island 29 West Sand North Sand 78 Island Middle Sand Pearson Pigeon Nasipit South Sand Dido Thai-Vietnamese LONDON REEFS Cuarteron Reef 77 Tubbataha AMPHITRITE maritime boundary Mui Reef South China Sea Rocky Island Bank Con Son Reef Half Moon Reefs GROUP Ca Mau 76 Sulu Woody Island A5 132 Shoal Dipolog Iltis Lincoln A3 A4 1979 Malaysian-claimed 75 CRESCENT Spratly Iligan Yagong Bank Island Hon continental shelf limit Oroquieta Cagayan GROUP Dao Island Bay Bislig Shi Yu Khoai A2 Prince of de Oro 30 Spratly Islands Pyramid Dai Hung Iligan Quanfu Dao Observation Rock Wales Cape Buliluyan Ozamiz Bank NEPTUNA h Pattle Island Bank Commodore Xianshe Yu BANKS Reef g 74 Sea City Marawi 110 16°30’ 112 16°30’ 114 116 118 Bongkot Prince Robert Island Drummond Island Terminal Barque 73 Consort Canada u Narciso Del Rosario/Balabac Duncan Island 5-2 INVESTIGATOR Pagadian Money Island 5-3 Bank Reef o 72 31 12 Antelope Bremen JEHANGIRE 12 SHOAL Balabac Island Bank Mariveles Mindanao Cam Ranh Reef REEFS Amboyna Reef r 70-71 Margosatubio Cay m 69 Vuladdore Rong Doi T i 32-35 Reef Marie la Tagum (MV 12) c Balabac Strait Illana m RIFLEMAN Louise Malaysian-Thai e i Scawfell ARDASIER n s 68 Sibuguey Bay Polloc Discovery Joint Development BANK Swallow e 36-37 a Bank Ko Losin REEFS n Bay l Bombay Song Doc Shoal Reef i Pulau Reef Area Charlotte a h Vietnam c Balambangan Reef C Davao Bank w NORTH VANGUARD CAGAYAN Cotabato e Passu Keah Pulau Romulo M. 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