• Summary

This legal document contains the Executive Summary of the Philippines’s Partial Submission of Data and Information on the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf of the Republic of the Philippines beyond 200 Nautical Miles in the Benham Rise Region eastern to Luzon Island, submitted on 2 July 2012.

Notably, Section 3.3 clarifies that this Partial Submission “does not in any manner prejudice the position of any coastal state.”, but seeks to “to avoid creating or provoking maritime boundary disputes where there are none, or exacerbating them where they may exist.” Section 6 of this document includes the map and coordinates of the outer edge of the continental margin beyond 200 Nautical Miles in the Benham Rise Region eastern to Luzon Island.

Since 16 May 2017, the Benham Rise has been renamed the Philippine Rise, which shall be used in local and international charts and maps.

• Document: Executive Summary of the Philippines’s Partial Submission of Data and Information on the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf of the Republic of the Philippines pursuant to Article 76 (8) of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
• Related Document:
  • The Philippines: Executive Order No. 25 of 16 May 2017 for Changing the Name of “Bentham Rise” to “Philippine Rise”
  • (Executive Summary) The Philippines’ Partial Submission to the CLCS on Data and Information on the Outer Limit of the Continental Shelf in the West Palawan Region (14 June 2024)