HAVE you noticed that the Philippine maps sold in bookstores or published in government websites do not indicate the West Philippine Sea and Philippine Rise? Well, the National Security Council said they will soon remedy that. NSC spokesman and Assistant Secretary Jonathan Malaya said the National Mapping and Resource Information…
HAVE you noticed that the Philippine maps sold in bookstores or published in government websites do not indicate the West Philippine Sea and Philippine Rise?NSC spokesman and Assistant Secretary Jonathan Malaya said the National Mapping and Resource Information Agency will soon publish an updated map that will consolidate the sea or ocean areas where the Philippines have maritime entitlements as well as all land territories.
Namria’s current version of the administrative map of the Philippines includes the Kalayaan Island Group, Scarborough Shoal, Macclesfield Bank. West Philippine Sea and Benham Rise Region. It also shows Sabah, which the Philippines claims but is not actively pursuing against Asean neighbor Malaysia. The Philippines calls the 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone west of the archipelago “West Philippine Sea.” Beyond the 200 nautical miles, it is still officially referred to as “South China Sea.”
The UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf earlier also approved the Philippines’s application to extend its continental shelf limit beyond 200 nautical miles from the base shorelines east of the Luzon island. The 13-million hectare continental shelf, called Benham Rise by mariners, was renamed Philippine Rise.
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