What Are the Borders of the Philippines?

Philippines: Maritime Boundaries in the Western Pacific

The Philippines is an archipelagic nation with no land borders. Its maritime boundaries are defined by surrounding bodies of water and neighboring countries' Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs).

Cardinal Boundaries

Direction	Border	Details
North	Taiwan	Separated by the Bashi Channel (part of Luzon Strait).
South	Indonesia & Malaysia	Celebes Sea (Indonesia); Sulu Sea & land border on Borneo (Malaysia – Sabah).
East	Philippine Sea (Pacific Ocean)	Open ocean; Philippine Trench (deepest point ~10,540 m).
West	South China Sea	Contested waters; Spratly Islands (Kalayaan Group), Scarborough Shoal.

Maritime Claims

Territorial Sea: 12 nautical miles (archipelagic baselines).
EEZ: 200 nautical miles.
Archipelagic Waters: Waters inside baselines (internal waters).

Disputes

Overlapping claims with China (Nine-Dash Line), Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Taiwan in the South China Sea. 2016 PCA ruling (Philippines v. China) invalidated China's expansive claims; China rejects ruling.

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