Annex 1 - Description of the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Particularly Sensitive Sea Areafootnote
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Annex 1 - Description of the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Particularly Sensitive Sea Areafootnote

To minimize the risk of damage from ship groundings and pollution damage by international shipping activities and to protect the area's unique and threatened species as well as to preserve as far as practicable its critical habitat and diversity, mariners should exercise extreme care when navigating in the area bounded by the geographical coordinates of the Particularly Sensitive Sea Area, provided below, and adhere to the Associated Protective Measure set out in annex 4.

  • (1) 09º 17'.75 N, 119º 47'.79 E
  • (2) 09º 04'.73 N, 120º 12'.76 E
  • (3) 08º 49'.63 N, 120º 13'.99 E
  • (4) 08º 29'.63 N, 119º 53'.16 E
  • (5) 08º 36'.15 N, 119º 35'.46 E
  • (6) 09º 11'.06 N, 119º 36'.67 E
  • hence back to point (1).

(Reference charts: Philippine charts No. 4707 (INT 5052), 2nd edition, November 2010; No. 4357, 1st edition, May 2009.

Note: These charts are issued by the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority, Philippines and based on World Geodetic System 1984 datum (WGS 84).)

Figure 1 – Chartlet showing the PSSA

Parent topic: Resolution MEPC.294(71) - Designation of the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area - (adopted on 7 July 2017)
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