Section 1 of the Constitution defining the national territory of the Philippines. Country/Territory Philippines Document type Legislation Date 1973 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Sea Keyword Maritime zone Territorial sea Continental shelf EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Navigation Sovereignty Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, North Pacific, South-Eastern Asia Abstract This part of the Constitution defines the national territory of the Philippines as the Philippine Archipelago, with all islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories belonging to the Philippines by historic right or title, including the territorial sea, the airspace, the subsoil, the seabed, the insular shelves and other submarine areas over which the Philippines have sovereignty or jurisdiction. Internal waters are defined. Full text English