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.