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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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