Geospatial aspects of maritime boundary delimitation in the Singapore Strait involving Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
Andi Arsana, I.M. & Farid Yuniar
Indonesia and Singapore have made a significant achievement regarding maritime boundary delimitation. Approximately 36 years after the first agreement was signed, the two neighbouring States finally agreed upon a new maritime boundary segment in the Singapore Strait. It took about four years for the two States to negotiate the boundary before it was finally signed in March 2009. Unlike the previous agreement signed in 1973, this new agreement specifies a geodetic datum to determine the coordinates of the maritime boundary between the two States. The use of specific geodetic datum is an advancement from a geospatial point of view. This paper discuses the maritime boundary delimitation between Indonesia and Singapore with emphasis on its geospatial aspects. Furthermore, the challenges and opportunities in completing maritime boundaries in the Singapore Strait involving Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia will be analysed. Maritime claims of each State will be simulated based on the provisions of the United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea, 1982 (Law of the Sea Convention, LOSC). Several options of maritime boundary delimitation among the three States will be presented.
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