Borders of Malaysia - Maritime Borders - Peninsula Malaysia

Peninsula Malaysia

The coordinates for the continental shelf and territorial sea limits of Peninsula Malaysia are in the chart below. Territorial waters off the coast of Peninsula Malaysia border Thailand to the north in the Straits of Malacca and South China Sea/Gulf of Thailand; Indonesia to the west in the Straits of Malacca and south east in the South China Sea; and Vietnam in the north east in the South China Sea.

Point Latitude (N) Longtitude (E) Remarks
Border with Thailand according to 1909 Anglo-Siamese agreement
A From Point A, which is "the most seaward point of the northern bank of the estuary of the Perlis River", along "mid-channel between Terutau and Langkawi", to point B
Border with Thailand according to 1979 territorial sea agreement
B 6 28'.5 99 39'.2
C 6 30'.2 99 33'.4
D 6 28'.9 99 30'.7
"Outer limit" border with Thailand according to 1979 agreement
1 6 18'.4 99 27'.5
2 6 16'.3 99 19'.3
3 6 18'.0 99 6'.7
4 5 57'.0 98 1'.5 Common Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand tripoint established under 1978 agreement
Border with Indonesia according to 1969 continental shelf agreement
5 5 27'.0 98 17'.5 Northern terminus of continental shelf boundary
6 4 55'.7 98 41'.5
7 3 59'.6 99 43'.6
8 3 47'.4 99 55'.0
9 2 51'.6 101 0'.2 Northern terminus of territorial sea boundary according to 1970 territorial sea agreement
10 2 41'.5 101 12'.1
11 2 15'.4 101 46'.5
12 1 55'.2 102 13'.4
13 1 41'.2 102 35'.0
14 1 19'.5 103 3'.9
15 1 15'.0 103 22'.8 Southern terminus of continental shelf and territorial sea boundary
Continental shelf border according to 1979 map, subject to negotiations with Indonesia and Singapore
16 1 13'.45 103 26'.8
17 1 1'.45 103 32'.5
18 1 11'.0 103 34'.2
19 1 15'.15 103 34'.95
20 1 16'.37 103 37'.38
21 1 15'.85 103 24'.1 This turning point is located near the western end of the boundary determined by the 1995 Malaysia-Singapore border agreement
Boundary between 21 and 22 determined by the 1995 Malaysia-Singapore border agreement
Continental shelf border according to 1979 map, subject to negotiations with Indonesia and Singapore
22 1 17'.63 104 7'.5 This turning point is located near the eastern end of the boundary determined by the 1995 Malaysia-Singapore border agreement
23 104 2'.5 1 17'.42
24 1 17'.3 104 4'.6
25 1 16'.2 104 7'.1
26 1 15'.65 104 7'.42
27 1 13'.65 104 12'.67
28 1 16'.2 104 16'.15
29 1 16'.5 104 19'.8
30 1 15'.55 104 29'.45
31 1 16'.95 104 29'.33
Border with Indonesia according to 1969 continental shelf agreement
32 1 23'.9 104 29'.5 This point is the southern terminus of continental shelf boundary
33 1 38'.0 104 53'.0
34 1 54'.4 105 5'.2
35 2 22'.5 105 1'.2
36 2 55'.2 104 51'.5
37 3 50'.1 104 46'.5
38 4 3'.0 104 51'.9
39 5 4'.7 105 28'.8
40 5 40'.6 105 47'.1
41 6 5'.8 105 49'.2 Northern terminus of continental shelf border with Indonesia
Continental shelf border according to 1979 map, subject to dispute with Vietnam and Thailand
42 6 48'.25 104 30'.0
43 7 49'.0 103 2'.5
44 7 10'.25 102 29'.0
Border with Thailand according to 1979 memorandum of understanding
45 6 50'.0 102 21'.2 Northern terminus of the continental shelf boundary with Thailand according to 1979 memorandum of understanding
46 6 27'.8 102 9'.6
Border with Thailand according to 1979 territorial sea agreement
47 6 27'.5 102 10'.0 Northern terminus of territorial sea boundary, southern terminus of agreed continental shelf border
D 6 14'.5 102 5'.6 Terminus of territorial sea boundary at estuary of Golok River

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