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appeal for its rejection in the International Hydrographic Organization. The Philippine government also said that their embassy in Beijing will coordinate with the Chinese regarding the issue. A day later, the Palace announced that they intend to give Philippine names on the features of the Philippine Rise. However, a few hours later, Presidential spokesperson
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On February 16, the Philippine government announced that they have sent military personnel into Cagayan Valley to guard the Rise. Two days later, it was revealed that China intends to name a total of 142 features. On February 26, the Department of Foreign Affairs stated during a Senate investigation
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people have fished and roamed the area long before the colonial era. In fact, it is celebrated in Catandunganons' folktales, legends and poetry. Today, large percentage of fish caught by Catandunganon comes from Philippine Rise. Its local Catandunganon term is called Kalipung-awan (means loneliness
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announced plans to come up with a new name. In May 2017, the Philippine government officially adopted the name "Philippine Rise" for the feature and designated the area as a "protected food supply exclusive zone" and prohibited mining and oil exploration in the Philippine Plateau, angering China in
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The Benham Rise is directly south of the eastern approaches to the Luzon Strait between Taiwan and the Philippines, which is the main access route from the Western Pacific Ocean to the South China Sea. In a conflict, control of that strait would dictate whether China's South Sea Fleet could "break
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Seamount, the last two form the central peaks of the Philippine Rise undersea geological province. The Chinese naming of the features met public protests in the Philippines. The Presidential Palace announced that it objects and it shall not recognize the Chinese names of the features and it will
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In May 2017, the feature has been designated by the Philippines as a "protected food supply exclusive zone" prohibiting mining and oil exploration in the Philippine Plateau. To commemorate first anniversary of the Philippine government's renaming of the feature to "Philippine Rise", 500 square
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On February 12, 2018, the International Hydrographic Organization approved the names proposed by China for five features in the Philippine Rise after China submitted to the organization its research findings on the area. The names given by China were all in Chinese, namely,
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kilometers (190 sq mi) of the feature was declared a "Strict Protection Zone" exclusive for use for scientific research, while about 3,000 square kilometers (1,200 sq mi) of the marine area is designated as a Special Fisheries Management Area.
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in an isolated place), as fisherfolks who catch marine life in the area for days often feel loneliness due to the area's vast waters which is seldom fished by other ethnic peoples aside from those living in Catanduanes. Its strategic location southeast of
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to the west, which may have had an impact in causing such a catastrophic earthquake. The 20-second to 50-second wave in the 1990 quake that developed a new east–west sub-fault was so strong that it terminated disastrously at the city of
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The rise is designated as a "protected food supply exclusive zone" by the Philippine government since May 2017. Mining and oil exploration are banned in the Philippine Plateau as it is a protected area. On May 16, 2017, President
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collision event between the Philippine Rise and the eastern margin of Luzon, which may have also allowed the inception of the NW striking strand of the Philippine fault. These forces may have impacted the shape of the island of
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The world's largest caldera with a diameter of 150 kilometers was recently discovered by Jenny Anne Baretto, a Filipino marine geophysicist. It was named after Apolaki, the mythical Filipino god of the sun and war.
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to the west. After analyzing older models such as that of Pinet and Stephan (1989), scientists reconsidered their fault models. They thought that it is highly likely that the Philippine Plateau is still displacing
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out" of the South China Sea into the Western Pacific to the waters between the first and second island chains, or if the U.S. Navy could move forces into the South China Sea to conduct its own combat operations.
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flowing away from the mantle thermal anomaly. Its presence of the landform disrupts the continuity of this region (known as the Philippine-East Luzon Trench) by continuously colliding with the
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In February, Duterte's agriculture secretary told media that Duterte has now ordered the halting of all foreign researches in the Philippines Rise; however, the research being conducted by the
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Hickey-Vargas, R.; Sato, H.; Machida, S.; Ishii, T.; Hirano, N.; Yumul, G.; Fujioka, K. (2001). "Isotopic Characteristics of Basalts From the Central Basin Fault, West Philippine Basin".
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Despite its proximity to the archipelago, the plateau was previously not included in the territory of the Philippines. On April 8, 2009, the Republic of the Philippines lodged a partial
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the process. China maintained that the Philippines has no sovereign rights or sovereignty over the Philippine Rise despite a UN-backed international ruling in 2012 that says otherwise.
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clarified that China's renaming of the sea features "was a scientific process and not a political one", adding "Whoever made the discovery gets to decide what these are called".
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in relation to the continental shelf in the region of the Philippine Rise. It was submitted as part of petition expanding the archipelago's baselines and
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that China actually surveyed the Rise in 2017 without any Philippine-issued permit, citing the lack of capability to detect illegal entry.
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probably is a micro-continent. Several scientific surveys have been made on the feature to study its nature and its impact on
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There has been speculation in the scientific community about the nature of the landform. Following the major July 16
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suggested that the plateau be renamed to emphasize the Philippine's sovereignty over the area. Soon after, the
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Ryuichie, Shinjo; Ni Xianglonga; Wu Shiguoc (2008). "Tectonics in the Northwestern West Philippine Basin".
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through a law that also included other claims involving disputed territories of the Kalayaan Islands (
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Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf on April 8, 2009, and which was approved under the
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The Philippines filed its claim for Benham Rise in 2008 in compliance with the requirements of the
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Map of Luzon and the Benham Rise (labelled under the Philippine official name, "Philippine Rise")
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officer, who served with both the South Atlantic and West Gulf Blockading Squadrons during the
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http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/06/09/1332626/doe-assess-resource-potential-benham-rise
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The origin of the landform, along with the nearby Urdaneta Plateau (a remnant of a
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sea floor resisting the subduction that may have also cause the bending of the
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The geophysical features of the plateau may have been the result of an early
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approximately 250 kilometers (160 mi) east of the northern coastline of
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Philippine Rise has been part of the culture of ancient Filipinos. Ancient
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signed Executive Order No. 25, renaming the feature to "Philippine Rise".
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survey ships were spotted in the region in 2017, Philippine president
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In January 2018, Filipino Congressman Gary Alejano revealed that the
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Intra-Oceanic Subduction Systems: Tectonic and Magmatic Processes
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surveyors who probably surveyed the geological feature. He was a
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United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
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Ringenbach, J. C.; N. Pinet; J. F. Stephan; J. Delteil (1993).
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Under the Philippine Sea lie a number of basins including the
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had approved the Chinese Institute of Oceanology of the
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UN to decide on Phl claim on 13-M hectare Benham Rise
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was already finished two days before the halt order.
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The rise has been known to the people of 219:13,000,000 ha (50,000 sq mi) 2663: 2649: 2339: 2325: 1890: 1876: 1833: 1656:Journal of China University of Geosciences 1006: 1004: 1807: 1137:"RP files claim over Benham Rise with UN" 313:, including one about its effects on the 1647: 1506:"China wants to name 142 ocean features" 1029: 974:The physical geography of Southeast Asia 674: 411: 350:The landform was presumably named after 1556:Mangosing, Frances (October 21, 2019). 1001: 963: 842: 840: 635:Seamount (east at 190 nautical miles), 3266: 1280: 1274: 1249: 2644: 2320: 1871: 1839: 1222:"Duterte wants to rename Benham Rise" 1219: 352:Admiral Andrew Ellicot Kennedy Benham 1808:Stashwick, Steven (March 31, 2017). 1722: 890: 837: 801:, and west of American territory of 734:of eastern portion of the island of 267:by the Philippine government, is an 227:Protected food supply exclusive zone 1775:Rantucci, Giovanni (October 1994). 1478: 1281:Amurao, George (January 18, 2018). 1186:, August 16, 2011, Philippine Star. 784:Cultural and strategic significance 140: 115: 90: 65: 13: 3309:Protected areas of the Philippines 3289:Natural history of the Philippines 2566:Eastern margin of the Sea of Japan 1708:Deschamps and Lallemand (2003) in 1529: 1374: 970:Avijit Gupta (February 24, 2005). 679:The map shows the features of the 289:precolonial era of the Philippines 14: 3320: 1863: 1135:Tessa Jamandre (April 12, 2009). 909: 298:, inside of which is located the 2446:Aomori Bay West Coast Fault Zone 1959: 1224:. 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(May 22, 2017). 656:Discovery of Apolaki Caldera 447:enacted the bill of Senator 7: 2885:New Britain subduction zone 732:Sierra Madre mountain range 617:Chinese Academy of Sciences 606:Chinese Academy of Sciences 445:Congress of the Philippines 10: 3325: 2787:Molucca Sea Collision Zone 2486:Japan Median Tectonic Line 2466:Futagawa-Hinagu fault zone 1612:Hashimoto, M, ed., (1981) 938:AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 699:and near the south of the 670: 659: 340: 321:in a claim filed with the 123:Show map of North Pacific 3138: 3072: 3051: 3005: 2954: 2927: 2913: 2860: 2810: 2764: 2748: 2732: 2723: 2695: 2622: 2539: 2432: 2404: 2371: 2242: 2179: 2123: 2072: 1968: 1957: 1909: 1562:Philippine Daily Inquirer 1459:Philippine Daily Inquirer 1355:Philippine Daily Inquirer 1016:Philippine Daily Inquirer 897:Philippine Daily Inquirer 263:, formally designated as 239: 231: 223: 215: 178: 167: 157: 51: 30: 25: 3208:Northern East Java Basin 1071:Philippine Supreme Court 726:, probably triggered by 449:Miriam Defensor Santiago 346:Survey by Admiral Benham 3228:Southern Makassar Basin 3213:Northern Makassar Basin 2895:Philippine Fault System 2511:Philippine Fault System 1941:Philippine Fault System 1220:Staff (April 2, 2017). 1087:"Benham One-Name Study" 980:Oxford University Press 891:Avendaño, Christine O. 769:. 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Index

Catanduanon
Map showing the location of Philippine Rise
Map showing the location of Philippine Rise
Map showing the location of Philippine Rise
Map showing the location of Philippine Rise
Philippine Sea
Ilagan
16°30′N 124°45′E / 16.500°N 124.750°E / 16.500; 124.750
Government of the Philippines
United Nations
extinct volcanic ridge
Philippine Sea
Dinapigue, Isabela
Catanduanes
precolonial era of the Philippines
West Philippine Basin
Central Basin Fault
basement
tectonic
subduction
1990 Luzon earthquake
continental shelf
United Nations
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Rodrigo Duterte
Admiral Andrew Ellicot Kennedy Benham
American
United States Navy
American Civil War
1990 Luzon earthquake

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