West Philippine Sea
| West Philippine Sea | |
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.svg.png)  West Philippine Sea  West Philippine Sea  West Philippine Sea  West Philippine Sea | |
| Coordinates | 13°N 118°E / 13°N 118°E |
| Type | maritime area |
| Part of | South China Sea (only inside the exclusive economic zone claimed by the Philippines) |
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West Philippine Sea[3] (shortened as WPS) is the official name by the government of the Philippines to a 200-nautical-mile area of water that stretches from the country's shores, which is called the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Philippines. This area is based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)[4] which gives the country sovereignty of its maritime area[5] including rights to its own natural resources.[6]
References
- ↑ Treaty of Paris, 1898 | Britannica.com
- ↑ Presidential Decree No. 1596, s. 1978 | Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines, archived from the original on 2017-07-14, retrieved 2025-02-07
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Senate Bill No. 405, 19th Congress" (PDF) (in Filipino). 19th Congress of the Philippines. July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ↑ United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea | Cour Permanente d'Arbitrage
- ↑ Maritime Zones and Boundaries | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- ↑ Oceans & Law of the Sea | United Nations
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