Exclusive economic zone of the Philippines

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Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines

The exclusive economic zone of the Philippines (Philippine EEZ), per the mandate of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), consists of four subzones.[1] It covers 2,263,816 square kilometers (874,064 sq mi) of sea. The Philippines has 7,641 islands comprising the Philippine archipelago.[2] The zone's coordinates are between 116° 40', and 126° 34' E longitude and 4° 40' and 21° 10' N latitude. It is bordered by the Philippine Sea[3] to the east and north, the South China Sea[4] to the west, and the Celebes Sea[5] to the south.

  1. ^ https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/openasfa/a9b133df-8b25-409e-9066-906893bc39e7 Figure 1. The UNCLOS mandated exclusive economic wone (EEZ) of the Philippines, showing the four ‘subzones’ (A-D)
  2. ^ "Namria discovers 400 to 500 new islands in PHL archipelago". February 12, 2016.
  3. ^ Philippine Sea, encarta.msn.com Archived October 31, 2009, at WebCite (archived from the original Archived August 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine on August 20, 2009).
  4. ^ "U.S. report details rich resources in South China Sea." (archived from the original Archived December 3, 2021, at the Wayback Machine on 2013-02-133)
  5. ^ C.Michael Hogan. 2011. "Celebes Sea". Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. P. Saundry & C.J. Cleveland. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington, DC