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REPUBLIC ACT No. 3046

(as amended by RA 5446)
AN ACT DEFINE THE BASELINES OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA OF
THE PHILIPPINES.
WHEREAS, the Constitution of the Philippines describes the national
territory as comprising all the territory ceded to the United States by
the Treaty of Paris concluded between the United States and Spain on
December 10, 1898, the limits of which are set forth in Article III of said
treaty, together with all the islands embraced in the treaty concluded at
Washington, between the United States and Spain on November 7,
1900, and in the treaty concluded between the United States and
Great Britain on January 2, 1930, and all the territory over which the
Government of the Philippine Islands exercised jurisdiction at the time
of the adoption of the Constitution;
WHEREAS, all the waters within the limits set forth in the above-
mentioned treaties have always been regarded as part of the territory
of the Philippine Islands;
WHEREAS, all the waters around, between and connecting the
various islands of the Philippines archipelago, irrespective of their
width or dimension, have always been considered as necessary
appurtenances of the land territory, forming part of the inland or
internal waters of the Philippines;
WHEREAS, all the waters beyond the outermost islands of the
archipelago but within the limits of the boundaries set forth in the
aforementioned treaties comprise the territorial sea of the Philippines;
WHEREAS, the baselines from which the territorial sea of the
Philippines is determined consist of straight lines joining appropriate
points of the outermost islands of the archipelago; and
WHEREAS, the said baselines should be clarified and specifically
defined and described for the information of all concerned; Now,
therefor,
Section 1. The baselines for the territorial sea of the Philippines are
hereby defined and described specifically as follows:
Distance in
N. Latitude E. Longitude Asimuth
Meters

Y'ami Island (E) 21º07'03" 121º57'24" 353º27' 71,656

Line 1 (Yami I. (E.) — Tumaruk Rk.)

Tumaruk Rk. 20º28'28" 122º02'06" 347º13' 58,105

Line 2 (Tumaruk Rk. — Balintang Is.)

Balintang Island 19º57'45" 122º09'28" 375º05' 97,755

Line 3 (Balingtang Is.— Didicas Rk.)

Didicas Rk. 19º04'50" 122º12'18" 350º39' 86,155

Line 4 (Didicas Rk. - Iligan Pt.)

Iligan Pt. 18º18'45" 122º20'15" 351º23' 136,030

Line 5 (Iligan Pt. - Ditolong Pt.)

Ditolong Pt. 17º05'50" 122º31'44" 16º56' 34,378

Line 6 (Ditolong Pt. - Diviuisa Pt.)

Diviuisa Pt. 16º48'00" 122º26'06" 21º01' 57,781

Line 7 (Diviuisa Pt. - Dijohan Pt.)

Dijohan Pt. 16º18'45" 122º14'28" 10º52' 142,360

Line 7a (Dijohan Pt. - Bulubalik Pt.)

Bulubalik Pt. 15º02'56" 121º59'30" 300º15' 120,986

Line 8 (Bulubalik Pt. - Tinaga I.)

Tinaga I. 14º29'45" 122º57'40" 286º27' 148,690

Line 9 (Tinaga I. - Horadaba Rks.)

Horadaba Rks. 14º06'41" 124º16'54" 306º34' 1,083

Line 10 (Horadaba Rks. — Matulin Rk.)

Matulin Rk. 14º06'20" 124º17'23" 331º46' 178,480

Line 11 (Matulin Rk. - Atalaya Pt.)

Atalaya Pt. 12º40'59" 125º04'02" 313º30' 22,268

Line 11a (Atalaya Pt. - Finch Rk.)

Finch Rk. 12º32'40" 125º12'57" 313º56' 12,665

Line 12 (Finch Rk. - SE of Manjud Pt.)

SE Manjud pt. 12º27'54" 125º17'59" 322º27' 14,225

Line 12a (SE of Manjud Pt. - Sora Cay)

Sora Cay 12º21'47" 125º22'46" 321º03' 22,793

Line 13 (Sora Cay - Bunga Pt.)

Bunga Pt. 12º12'10" 125º30'40" 331º50' 12,686

Line 13a (Bunga Pt. - Tubabao I.)

Tubabao I. 23º06'06" 125º33'58" 355º22' 83,235

Line 14 (Tubabao I. - Tugnug Pt.)

Tugnug Pt. 11º21'06" 125º37'40" 331º03' 75,326

Line 15 (Tugnug Pt. - Suluan I.)

Suluan Island 10º45'20" 125º57'40" 347º51' 107,070

Line 16 (Suluan I. - Tuason Pt.)

Tuason Pt. 9º48'33" 126º10'00" 355º25' 55,415

Line 17 (Tuason Pt. - Cauit Pt.)

Cauit Pt. 9º18'35" 126º12'25" 342º44' 49,703

Line 18 (Cauit Pt. Arangasa Is.)

Arangasa Is. 8º52'50" 126º20'28" 348º40' 131,330

Line 19 Arangasa Is. - Quinablangan I.)

Quinablangan I. 7º42'58" 126º34'30" 353º08' 25,619

Line 19a (Quinablangan I. - Above
Languyan R.)

Above Languyan R. 7º29'10" 126º36'10" 356º52' 22,489

Line 20 (Above Languyan R. — Pusan
Pt.)

Pusan Pt. 7º16'59" 126º36'50" 26º39' 36,259

Line 21 (Pusan Pt. - Tuguban Pt.)

Tuguban Pt. 6º59'24" 126º28'00" 20º33' 83,350

Line 22 (Tuguban Pt. - Cape S. Agustin
N.)

Cape San Agustin (N) 6º17'03" 126º12'08" 30º16' 1,707

Line 22a (Cape S. Agustin (N) — Cape
San Agustin (S)

Cape San Agustin (S) 6º16'15" 126º11'40" 39º23' 125,100

Line 23 (Cape S. Agustin (S) — Panguil
Bato Pt.)

Panguil Bato Pt. 5º23'45" 125º28'42" 66º32' 7,484

Line 23a (Panguil Bato Pt. - Tapundo Pt.)

Tapudo Pt. 5º22'08" 125º24'59" 89º19' 7,667

Line 24 (Tapundo Pt. - Manamil I.)

Manamil I. 5º22'05" 125º20'50" 139º01' 3,051

Line 24a (Manamil I. - Balut I. (W)

Balut I. (W) 5º23'20" 125º19'45" 124º47' 149,840

Line 25 (Balut I. (W) - Middle of 3 Rk.
Awash)

Middle of 3 Rk. Awash 6º09'39" 124º13'02" 86º18' 259,400

Line 26 (Middle of 3 Rk. Awash —
Tongquil I.)

Tongquil I. 6º00'15" 121º52'45" 61º29' 115,950

Line 27 (Tongquil I. - Sumbasumba I.)

Sumbasumba I. 5º30'10" 120º57'35" 43º19' 44,445

Line 28 (Sumbasumba I. - Kinapusan Is.)

Kinapusan Is. 5º12'37" 120º41'05" 63º14' 101,290

Line 29 (Kinapusan Is. - Manuk Manka I.)

Manuk Manka I. 4º47'50" 119º52'10" 58º30' 80,847

Line 30 (Manuk Manka I. - Frances Reef)

Frances Reef 4º24'54" 119º14'54" 134º34' 29,330

Line 31 (Frances Reef - Bajapa Reef)

Bajapa Reef 4º36'04" 119º03'36" 164º05' 13,480

Line 32 (Bajapa Reef) - Panguan I.)

Panguan I. 4º43'06" 119º01'36" 238º48' 42,470

Line 33 (Panguan I. - Omapoy I.)

Omapoy I. 4º55'02" 119º21'15" 246º11' 51,005

Line 34 (Omapoy I. - Sanga-Sanga I.)

Sanga-Sanga I. 5º06'12" 119º46'30" 170º05' 80,200

Line 35 (Sanga-Sanga I. - Pearl Bank)

Pearl Bank 5º49'04" 119º39'01" 103º13' 137,050

Line 36 (Pearl Bank - Baguan I.)

Baguan I 6º06'00" 118º26'42" 76º52' 15,535

Line 36a (Banguan I. - Taganak I.)

Taganak I. 6º04'05" 118º18'30" 118º39' 24,805

Line 37 (Taganak I. - Gt. Bakkungaan O

Gt. Bakkungaan 6º10'32" 118º06'42" 136º04' 18,470

Line 37a (Gt. Bakkungaan - Sibaung I.)

Sibaung I. 6º17'45" 117º59'45" 215º36' 79,915

Line 38 (Sibaung - I. Muligi I.

Mulugi I. 6º53'00" 118º25'00" 119º14' 140,541

Line 39 (Mulugi I. - Mangsee Is.)

Mangsee Is. 7º30'10" 117º18'20" 134º50 48,815

Line 39a (Mangsee Is. - Cape Melville)

Cape Melville 7º48'50" 116º59'30" 153º54' 15,665

Line 40 (Cape Melville - Ligas Pt.)

Ligas Pt. 7º56'28" 116º55'45" 170º40' 5,666

Line 41 (Ligas Pt. - Cay)

Cay 7º59'30" 116º55'15" 204º52' 22,925

Line 41a (Cay-Secam I.)

Secam I. 8º10'47" 117º00'30" 209º09' 54,900

Line 42 (Secam I. - N. of Canipan Bay)

N. of Canipan Bay 8º36'50" 117º15'06" 218º57' 18,570

Line 43 (N. of Canipan Bay — Tatub Pt.)

Tatub Pt. 8º44'40" 117º21'28" 222º04' 45,125

Line 44 (Tatub Pt. - Punta Baja)

Punta Baja 9º02'50" 117º37'58" 223º30' 32,194

Line 45 (Punta Baja - Malapackun I.)

Malapackun I. 9º15'30" 117º50'04" 225º50' 148,260

Line 46 (Malapackun I. - Piedras Pt.)

Piedras Pt. 10º11'28" 118º48'18" 203º19' 124,900

Line 47 (Piedras Pt. - Tapuitan I.)

Tapuitan I. 11º13'40" 119º15'28" 208º47' 136,590

Line 48 (Tapuitan I. - Pinnacle Rk.)

Pincle Rk. 12º18'34" 119º51'45" 200º40' 134,230

Line 49 (Pinnacle Rk. - Cape Calavite

Cape Calavite 13º26'40" 120º18'00" 148º12' 58,235

Line 50 (Cape Calavite - Cabra I.)

Cabra I. 13º53'30" 120º00'58" 179º26' 113,400

Line 51 (Cabra I. - Capones Is.)

Capones Is. 14º55'00" 120º00'20" 168º09' 58,100

Line 52 (Capones Is. - Pa-Lauig Pt.)

Palauig Pt. 15º25'50" 119º53'40" 164º17' 40,870

Line 53 (Palauig. - Hermana Mayor I.)

Hermana Mayor I. 15º47'10" 119º47'28" 167º10' 20,490

Line 53a (Hermana Mayor — Tambobo
Pt.)

Tambobo Pt. 15º58'00" 119º44'55" 181º43' 22,910

Line 54 (Tambobo Pt. - Rena Pt.)

Rena Pt. 16º10'25" 119º45'18" 191º39' 18,675

Line 54a (Rena Pt. - Cape Bolinao

Cape Bolinao 16º20'20" 119º47'25" 226º20' 80,016

Line 55 (Cape Bolinao - Darigayos Pt.)

Darigayos Pt. 16º50'15" 120º20'00" 179º58' 81,616

Line 56 (Darigayos Pt. - Dile Pt.)

Dile Pt. 17º34'30" 120º19'58" 188º27' 12,060

Line 56a (Disle Pt. - Pinget I.)

Pinget I. 17º40'58" 120º20'58" 192º46' 27,170

Line 56b (Pinget I. - Badoc I.)

Badoc I. 17º55'20" 120º24'22" 195º03' 65,270

Line 57 (Badoc I. - Cape Bojeador)

Cape Bojeador 18º29'30" 120º34'00" 222º16' 101,740

Line 58 (Cape Bojeador - Dalupiri I.)

Dalupiri I. 19º10'15" 121º13'02" 213º29' 25,075

Line 59 (Dalupiri I. - Catanapan Pt.)

Catanapan Pt. 19º21'35" 121º20'56" 202º27' 116,870

Line 60 (Catanapan Pt. - Dequey I.)

Dequey I. 29º20'06" 121º46'35" 180º47' 42,255

Line 61 (Dequey I. - Raile)

Raile 20º43'00" 121º46'55" 200º30' 48,140

Line 62 (Raile - Y'ami I. (W)

Y'ami I.(W) 21º07'26" 121º56'39" 238º40' 237

Line 63 (Y'ami I. (W) - Y'ami I. (M)

Y'ami I. (M) 21º07'30" 121º56'46" 307º08' 1,376

Line 64 (Y'ami I.(M) - Y'ami I. (E)

Y'ami I. (E) 21º07'03" 121º57'24"

Section 2. All waters within the baselines provided for in Section one
hereof are considered inland or internal waters of the Philippines.
Section 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 17, 1961.

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