Article 1 Flashcards
Ph coastline to kms
22,499.15 miles to 36,289 kms (mile=0.62 km)
Part of sea studded with islands , synonymous with island groups
Archipelago
Pelagos = sea
Title created in derogation of the international law through historic process by which one state has asserted jurisdiction illegally
Historical right
cession by a state of its sovereign rights over a territory
Legal title
German and British
Overdeck and Dent
Part of the sea extending 12 nautical miles (19kms) from the low-watermark.
Callee marginal sea, marginal belt and marine belt
Territorial sea
The land that holds the sea, lying beyond the seashore , including mineral and natural resources
Sea bed
Everything beneath the surface soil and seabed , including mineral and natural resources
Subsoil
The submerged portions of a continent or offshore island, which slope gently seaward from the low waterline to a point where a substantial break in grade occurs, at which point the bottom slopes seaward at a considerable increase in slope until the ocean great depth is reached
Insular shelves
All areas under the territorial sea. Among oceanographic terms used are seamount, trough, trench, basin, deep, bank, shoal and reef
Other submarine areas
Parts of the sea within the land territory
Considered in the same light as rivers, canals, lakes within the land territory of a state
Inland or internal waters
Sometimes called national waters
Inland or internal waters
The belt of water outside and parallel to the coastline or to the outer limits of the inland or internal waters
Territorial sea
Waters that lie seaward of the territorial sea
High or open seas
Establishes an eez of the Philippines extending to a distance of 200 nautical miles beyond and from the baselines from which the territorial sea is measured
PD 1599 JUNE 11 1978