Territorial disputes of Malaysia

Marginal sea in the Pacific Ocean

group of reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands

disputes over ownership of islands in the South China Sea

map delineating Chinese territorial claims to South China Sea waters

territorial dispute

territorial dispute between Malaysia and Philippines over eastern Sabah (North Borneo), with the former having de facto control

Ambalat is a sea block in the Celebes Sea located off the east coast of Borneo. It lies to the south-east of the Malaysian state of Sabah and to the east of the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan, and it is the subject of a territorial dispute between the two nations. Malaysia refers to part of the Ambalat block as Block ND6 (formerly Block Y) and part of East Ambalat Block as Block ND7 (formerly Block Z). The deep sea blocks contain an estimated of oil and 348 million cubic meters of natural gas. Other estimates place it substantially higher: of oil and 3.96 × 1010 cubic meters (1.4 tril

district in Malaysia

legal case

large area in the southeast part of the South China Sea

islet in the Gulf of Thailand

territorial dispute between Indonesia and Malaysia

archipelago in the Gulf of Thailand