Article 1: National Territory

• Archipelago


  From Greek word pelagos, meaning "sea" or "part of a sea studded with islands". Includes both sea and land which geographically may be considered as an independent whole.
• Philippines territory

  • Terrestrial
  • Fluvial
  • Aerial Domains
• Territorial Sea


  Part of the sea extending 12 nautical miles (19kms) from the low watermark. Also known as "marginal sea", "marine belt".
• Seabed (sea floor or sea bottom)


  • Land that holds the sea, lying beyond the sea shore, including mineral and natural resources.
• Subsoil


  Refers to everything beneath the surface soil and the seabed including mineral and natural resources.
• Insular Shelves


  • Submerged portion of a continent or offshore island, which slope gently seaward.