WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

Question 1

_____ _______ ________ refers to the part of the South China Sea that is closest, and of
vital interest, to the Philippines.

Answer 1

West Philippine Sea

Question 2

On ______ _____ ________, President Benigno Simeon C.
Aquino III issued Administrative Order No. 29.

Answer 2

September 5, 2012

Question 3

What did PNoy issue?

Answer 3

Administrative Order No. 29

Question 4

The _____ _____ _____ is the much broader expanse of water, often described as a semi-
enclosed sea, bounded by China/Taiwan in the north, by the Philippines in the east, and by Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Brunei in the west and south.

Answer 4

South China Sea

Question 5

The ________ _______ ______ is a group of over fifty features and their surrounding
waters that belong to the Philippines, located in what is internationally known as the Spratly
Islands.

Answer 5

Kalayaan Island Group

Question 6

Where is KIG located?

Answer 6

Palawan

Question 7

What countries are claimants of South China Sea?

Answer 7

Brunei, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam

Question 8

Why claim it?

Answer 8

1. Strategic location for national security
2. Potential fuel reserves and mineral sources
3. Marine economic resources and environmental features

Question 9

This clarifies the geographical extent Manila’s maritime domain and specifies the legal powers that the country can exercise over these areas.

Answer 9

Philippine Maritime Zones Act

Question 10

This ensures the protection of the country’s sovereignty on maritime domain.

Answer 10

Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act

Question 11

This is the map that backs up the position of the Philippines in claiming the West Philippine Sea.

Answer 11

Murillo Velarde Map

Question 12

12 NM from baselines; like land territory except there is right of innocent passage for foreign ships

Answer 12

Territorial sea

Question 13

200 NM measured from the baseline or 188 NM from the outer limit of the 12 NM territorial sea; specific sovereign rights and jurisdiction only within the 188 NM; does not depend on geomorphology of the continental shelf

Answer 13

Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)

Question 13

12 NM from the 12 NM of the territorial sea; limited jurisdiction from immigration, fiscal, customs, and sanitation purposes

Answer 13

Contiguous Zone

Question 14

The outer limits of a coastal state’s continental shelf beyond 200 NM; not exceeding 150 NM measured from the outer limits

Answer 14

Extended Continental Shelf (ECS)