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Miangas or Palmas is the northernmost island of North ... passer to cross the border. ... Authority published a map which included Miangas into the ...
Miangas island territorial dispute [ edit ] When Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States of America through the Treaty of Paris of 1898 , the sea borders of the Philippines were drawn in a rectangular line that resulted in ambiguous maritime boundaries of the neighboring territories including the then Dutch-colonized Indonesia. [ 4 ]
English: Plain map of the island of Sulawesi with administrative borders and surrounding islands belonged to the provinces in the island, including Liukang Tangaya and Masalima, South Sulawesi, Bala Balakang, West Sulawesi, and Miangas, North Sulawesi. I did not add maritime borders because I did not find any official sources in regards to it.
The Island of Palmas Case (Scott, Hague Court Reports 2d 83 (1932), (Perm. Ct. Arb. 1928), 2 U.N. Rep. Intl. Arb. Awards 829) was a territorial dispute over the Island of Palmas (or Miangas) between the Netherlands and the United States which was heard by the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
The island of Miangas is the most northerly in the regency and is widely regarded as the northernmost point of Indonesia. As a result, it is often referenced to describe the territorial integrity of Indonesia in various patriotic statements and songs together with Sabang , Merauke , and Rote Island (respectively the most western, most eastern ...
The island's currency is the Philippine peso. The Dutch East India Company took control of the island in 1677. In 1891, the Philippines had incorporated Miangas in their territory but accepted the verdict of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in favour of Indonesia. 3.15 Marampit: Talaud Islands Regency, North Sulawesi
The Philippines claims fifty-two landforms in the Spratly Island group. Of these fifty-two landforms, only five islands, two cays, and three reefs are under Philippine occupation: the Flat Island (), the Loaita Island (), the Nanshan Island (), the Thitu Island (), the West York Island (), the Lankiam Cay (), the Northeast Cay (), the Irving Reef (Balagtas), the Commodore Reef (Rizal), and the ...
Mota Biku, Betun Regency on Timor Island, East Nusa Tenggara Province; Northern terminus of Indonesia-East Timor land border Timor Sea; 101J♦ 9° 27’ 37" S 125° 05’ 20" E Mota Talas, Betun Regency on Timor Island; Southern terminus of Indonesia-East Timor land border 102 9° 38' 09" S 124° 59' 39" E Tanjung Wetoh, Timor Island 103