NATIONAL

TERRITORY
The definition of national territory
is USUALLY NOT FOUND
in the constitution of other
countries.
Components of National Territory

Terrestrial Domain

Fluvial Domain

Aerial Domain
The Philippines is an
archipelago that
comprises 7,107
islands, and with a
total land area of
300,000 square
kilometers (115,831
sq mi), it is the
world's fifth largest
island country.
 Other Areas Included in the Philippine
Archipelago

Everything
12 nm from the
beneath the Part of the
water mark
soil island that
Bottom of the remain
Territorial Sea
sea Sub Soil underwater

Sea Bed Insular Shelves

Internal Waters of the
Philippines
 +
OTHER
ARCHIPELAGIC
COUNTRIES

PHILIPPINES
INDONESIA
ARCHIPELAGO
A chain or group
of islands
ARCHIPELAGIC
DOCTRINE
Internal Waters
of the Philippines
 UNCLOS
United Nations Convention on the
Law of the Sea

The constitution for the

world`s oceans and seas.
MARITIME ZONES
Thank you for
Listening!
Direction: In a ½ crosswise, write your answer
directly.
1. How many nautical miles is the Philippines` territorial sea?
2-4. What are the components of the national territory?
5. How many square kilometers the land area of the
Philippines?
 What is West Philippine
Sea?
The West Philippine Sea refers to the part of the
South China Sea that is closest, and of vital
interest, to the Philippines. On September 5,
2012, President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III
issued Administrative Order No. 29, with Section
1 stating that the `maritime areas on the
western side of the Philippine archipelago are
hereby named as the West Philippine Sea`. “It
includes the Luzon Sea, as well as the waters
around, within and adjacent to the Kalayaan
Island Group (KIG), and Bajo de Masinloc also
known as Scarborough Shoal.”
 What is South Philippine
Sea?
The South China Sea is the much broader
expanse of water, often described as a semi-
enclosed sea, bounded by China/Taiwan in the
north, by the Philippines in the east, and by
Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and
Brunei in the west and south. The Gulf of Tonkin
and Gulf of Thailand also about the South China,
Sea. Scattered over the South China Sea are
various geographic features, the most prominent
of which are known internationally as the Spratlys,
the Paracels, Macclesfield Bank and Pratas
Island. There are overlapping claims by various
countries to these features and to the waters and
resources surrounding them, including parts of the
West Philippine Sea.