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Republic Act No. 5446 of 1968 to amend section one of the Republic Act No. 3046 to define the baselines and the territorial sea of the Philippines

Made 1968-09-18 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Philippines
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Sea
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maritime zone, territorial sea, sovereignty, maritime boundaries

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  1. Page 1 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf Republic Act No. 5446 of 18 September 1968. An Act to Amend Section One of the Republic Act Numbered Thirty Hundred and Forty-Six, Entitled "An Act to Define the Baselines of the Territorial Sea of the Philippines" Section 1. To correct typographical errors, Section One of Republic Act numbered thirty hundred and forty six is amended to read as follows: "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 Azimuth Metres Y'AMI Island (E) 21°07'03" 121°57'24" Line 1 (Y'AMI I. (E.) Tumaruk Rk.) 353°27' 81,656 Tumaruk Rk. 20°28'28" 122°02'06" Line 2 (Tumaruk Rk. Balintang Is.) 347°13' 58,105 Balintang Islands 19°57'45" 122°09'28" Line 3 (Balintang Is. Didicas Rk.) 357°05' 97,755 Didicas Rk. 19°04'50" 122°12'18" Line 4 (Didicas Rk. Higan Pt.) 350°39' 86,155 Iligan Pt. 18°18'45" 122°20'15" Line 5 (Iligan Pt. Ditolong Pt.) 351°23' 136,030 Ditolong Pt. 17°05'50" 122°31'44" Line 6 (Ditolong Pt. Diviuisa Pt.) 16°56' 34,378 Diviuisa Pt. 16°48'00" 122°26'06" Line 7 (Diviuisa Pt. Dijohan Pt.) 21°01' 57,781 Dijohan Pt. 16°18'45" 122°14'28" Line 7a (Dijohan Pt. Bulubalik Pt.) 10°52' 142,360 Page 2 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf Bulubalik Pt. 15°02'56" 121°59'30" Line 8 (Bulubalik Pt. Tinaga I.) 300°15' 120,986 Tinaga I. 14°29'45" 122°57'40" Line 9 (Tinaga I. Horadaba Rks.) 286°27' 148,690 Horadaba Rks. 14°06'41" 124°17'23" Line 10 (Horadaba Rk. Matulin Rk.) 306°34' 1,083 Matulin Rk. 14°06'20" 124°17'23" Line 11 (Matulin Rk. Atalaya Pt.) 331°46' 178,480 Page 3 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf Distance in N. Latitude E. Longitude Azimuth Metres Atalaya Pt. 12°40'59" 125°04'02' Line 11a (Atalaya Pt.-Finch Rk.) 313°30' 22,268 Finch Rk. 12°32'40" 125°12'57" Line 12 (Finch Rk. SE of Manjud Pt.) 322°27' 14,225 SE Manjud Pt. 12°27'54" 125°17'59" Line 12a (SE of Manjud Pt.-Sora Cay) 322°27' 14,225 Sora Cay 12°21'47" 125°22'46" Line 13 (Sora Cay Bunga Pt.) 321°03' 22,793 Bunga Pt. 12°12'10" 125°30'40" Line 13a Bunga Pt. Tubabao I.) 331°50' 12,686 Tubabao I. 12°06'06" 125°33'58" Line 14 (Tubabao I. Tugnug Pt.) 355°22' 83,235 Tugnug Pt. 11°21'06" 125°37'40" Line 15 (Tugnug Pt. Suluan I.) 331°03' 75,326 Suluan I. 10°45'20" 125°57'40" Line 16 (Suluan I. Tuason Pt.) 347°51 107,070 Tuason Pt. 9°48'33" 126°10'00" Line 17 (Tuason Pt. Cauit Pt.) 355°25' 55,415 Cauit Pt. 9°18'35" 126°12'25" Line 18 (Cauit Pt. Arangasa Is.) 342°44' 49,703 Arangasa Is. 8°52'50" 126°20'28" Line 19 (Arangasa Is. Quinablangan I.) 348°40" 131,330 Quinablangan I. 7°42'58" 126°34'30" Line 19a (Quinablangan I.-Above Languyan R.) 353°08' 25,619 Page 4 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf Page 5 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf Distance in N. Latitude E. Longitude Azimuth Metres Above Languyan R. 7°29'10" 126°36'10" Line 20 (Above Languyan R.-Pusan Pt.) 356°52" 22,489 Pusan Pt. 7°16'59" 126°36'50" Line 21 (Pusan Pt. Tuguban Pt.) 26°39" 36,259 Tuguban Pt. 6°59'24" 126°28'00" Line 22 (Tuguban Pt. Cape S. Agustin (N) 20°33" 83,350 Cape San Agustin (N) 6°17'03" 126°12'08" Line 22a (Cape S. Agustin (N)- Cape San Agustin (S) 30°16' 1,707 Cape San Agustin (S) 6°16'15" 126°11'40" Line 23 (Cape S. Agustin (S)-Panguil Bato Pt.) 39°23' 125,100 Panguil Bato Pt. 5°23'45" 125°28'42" Line 23a (Panguil Bato Pt.-Tapundo Pt.) 66°32' 7,484 Tapundo Pt. 5°22'08" 125°24'59" Line 24 (Tapundo Pt. Manamil I.) 88°19' 7,667 Manamil I. 5°22'05" 125°20'50" Line 24a (Manamil I. Balut I. (W) 139°01' 3,051 Balut I. (W) 5°23'20" 125°19'45" Line 25 (Balut I. (W) Middle of 3 Rk. Awash 124°47' 149,840 Middle of 3 Rk. Awash 6°09'39" 124°13'02" Line 26 (Middle of 3 Rk. Awash TONGQUIL I.) 86°18' 259,400 TONGQUIL I. 6°00'15" 121 52'45" Line 27 (TONGQUIL I.-Sumbasumba I.) 61°29' 115,950 Page 6 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf Page 7 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf Distance in N. Latitude E. Longitude Azimuth Metres Sumbasumba I. 5°30'10" 120°57'35" Line 28 (Sumbasumba I. Kinapusan Is.) 43°19' 44,445 Kinapusan Is. 5°12'37" 120°41'05" Line 29 (Kinapusan Is. Manuk Manka I.) 63°14' 101,290 Manuk Manka I. 4°47'50" 119°52'10" Line 30 (MANUK MANKA I. FRANCES REEF) 58°30' 80,847 Frances Reef 4°24'54" 119°14'54" Line 31 (Frances Reef Bajapa Reef) 134°34' 29,330 Bajapa Reef 4°36'04" 119°03'36" Line 32 (Bajapa Reef Panguan I.) 164°05' 13,480 Panguan I. 4°43'06" 119°01'36" Line 33 (Panguan I. Omapoy I.) 238°48' 42,470 Omapoy I. 4°55'02" 119°21'15" Line 34 (Omapoy I. Sanga-Sanga I.) 246°11' 51,005 Sanga-Sanga I. 5°06'12" 119°46'30" Line 35 (Sanga-Sanga I. Pearl Bank) 170°05' 80,200 Pearl Bank 5°49'04" 119°39'01" Line 36 (Pearl Bank Baguan I.) 103°12' 137,050 Baguan I. 6°06'00" 118°26'42" Line 36a (Baguan I. Taganak I.) 76°52' 15,535 Taganak I. 6°04'05" 118°18'30" Line 37 (Taganak I. Gt. Bakkungaan) 118°39' 24,805 Page 8 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf Distance in N. Latitude E. Longitude Azimuth Metres Gt. Bakkungaan 6°10'32" 118°06'42" Line 37a (Gt. Bakkungaan-SIBAUNG [Sibaung] I.) 136°04' 18,470 SIBAUNG I. 6°17'45" 117°59'45" Line 38 (SIBAUNG I. Muligi I.) 215°36' 79,915 Muligi I. 6°53'00" 118°25'00" Line 39 (Muligi I. Mangsee Is.) 119°14' 140,541 Mangsee Is. 7°30'10" 117°18'20" Line 39a Mangsee Is. Cape Melville) 134°50' 48,815 Cape Melville 7°48'50" 116°59'30" Line 49 (Cape Melville Ligas Pt.) 153°54' 15,665 Ligas Pt. 7°56'28" 116°55'45" Line 41 (Ligas Pt. Cay) 170°40' 5,666 Cay 7°59'30" 116° 55'15" Line 41a (Cay-Secam I.) 204°52' 22,925 Secam I. 8°10'47" 117°00'30" Line 42 (SECAM I. N. of Canipan Bay) 209°09' 54,990 N. of Canipan Bay 8°36'50" 117°15'06" Line 43 (N. of Canipan Bay-Tatub Pt.) 218°57' 18,570 Tatub Pt. 8°44'40" 117°21'28" Line 44 (Tatub Pt. Punta Baja) 222°04' 45,125 Punta Baja 9°02'50" 117°37'58" Line 45 (Punta Baja Malapackun I.) 223°30' 32,195 Malapackun I. 9°15'30" 117°50'04" Line 46 (Malapackun I. PIEIRAS Pt.) 225°50' 148,260 Page 9 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf PIEIRAS Pt. 10°11'28" 118°48'18" Line 47 (PIEIRAS Pt. Tapiutan I.) 203°19' 124,900 Page 10 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf Distance in N. Latitude E. Longitude Azimuth Metres Tapiutan I. 11°13'40" 119°15'28" Line 48 (Tapiutan I. Pinnacle Rk.) 208°47' 136,590 Pinnacle Rk. 12°18'34" 119°51'45" Line 49 (Pinnacle Rk. Cape Calavite) 200°40' 134,230 Cape Calavite 13°26'40" 120°18'00" Line 50 (Cape Calavite Cabra I.) 148°12' 58,235 Cabra I. 13°53'30" 120°00'58" Line 51 (Cabra I. Capones Is.) 179°26' 113,400 Capones Is. 14°55'00" 120°00'20" Line 52 (Capones Is. PALAUIG Pt.) 168°09' 58,100 PALAUIG Pt. 15°25'50" 119°53'40" Line 53 (PALAUIG Pt. Hermana Mayor I.) 164°17' 40,870 Hermana Mayor I. 15°47'10" 119°47'28" Line 53a (Hermana Mayor I.-Tambobo Pt.) 167°10' 20,490 Tambobo Pt. 15°58'00" 119°44'55" Line 54 (Tambobo Pt. Rena Pt.) 181°43' 22,910 Rena Pt. 16°10'25" 119°45'18" Line 54a (Rena Pt. Cape Bolinao) 191°39' 18,675 Cape Bolinao 16°20'20" 119°47'25" Line 55 (Cape Bolinao Darigayos Pt.) 226°20' 80,016 Darigayos Pt. 16°50'15" 120°20'00" Line 56 Darigayos Pt.-Dile Pt.) 179°58' 81,616 Dile Pt. 17°34'30" 120°19'58" Line 56a (Dile Pt. Pinget I.) 188°27' 12,060 Page 11 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf Page 12 National legislation - DOALOS/OLA - United Nations asdf Distance in N. Latitude E. Longitude Azimuth Metres Pinget I. 17°40'58" 120°20'58" Line 56b (Pinget I. Badoc I.) 192°46' 27,170 Badoc I. 17°55'20" 120°24'22" Line 57 (Badoc I. Cape Bojeador) 195°03' 65,270 Cape Bojeador 18°29'30" 120°34'00" Line 58 (Cape Bojeador Dalupiri I.) 222°16' 101,740 Dalupiri I. 19°10'15" 121°13'02" Line 59 (Dalupiri I. Catanapan Pt.) 213°29' 25,075 Catanapan Pt. 19°21'35" 121°20'56" Line 60 (Catanapan Pt. Dequey I.) 202°27' 116,870 DEQUEY I. 20°20'06" 121°46'35" Line 61 (DEQUEY I. RAILE) 180°47' 42,255 RAILE 20°43'00" 121°46'55" Line 62 (RAILE Y'AMI I. (W)) 200°30' 43,140 Y'ami I. (W) 21°07'26" 121°56"39" Line 63 (Y'ami I. (W) Y'ami I. (M)) 238°40' 237 Y'ami I. (M) 21°07'30" 121°56'46" Line 64 (Y'ami I. (M) Y'Ami I (E) 307°08' 1,376 Y'Ami I. (E) 21°07'03" 121°57'24" Section 2. The definiton of the baselines of the territorial sea of the Philippine Archipelago as provided in this Act is without prejudice to the delineation of the baselines of the territorial sea around the territory of Sabah, situated in North North Borneo, over which the Republic of the Philippines has acquired dominion and sovereignty.

Republic Act No. 5446 of 1968 to amend section one of the Republic Act No. 3046 to define the baselines and the territorial sea of the Philippines · Nelum