Exclusive economic zone of Thailand

Thailand has the world's 64th largest exclusive economic zone (EEZ), with an area of 305,778 km² (118,062 sq mi).^[1][2] It claims an EEZ of 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi) from its shores, which has long coastlines with the Andaman Sea and Strait of Malacca to the west and the Gulf of Thailand to the east, although all of its EEZ is limited by maritime boundaries with neighbouring countries.

The exclusive economic zone of Thailand shown in pink

Thailand's western sea territory stretches from the west coast of southern Thailand in the Andaman Sea and the Strait of Malacca. It shares treaty-defined maritime boundaries with Myanmar, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Geography

EEZ of Thailand and resources map 2020

Area

Sea zone	Gulf of Thailand[2][3]	Andaman Coast & Northern Strait of Malacca[2][3]	Notes
Internal waters	54,103,470 km2 (20,889,470 sq mi)	7,850,570 km2 (3,031,120 sq mi)
Territorial sea	29,344,360 km2 (11,329,920 sq mi)	23,723,860 km2 (9,159,830 sq mi)
Contiguous zone	23,909,180 km2 (9,231,390 sq mi)	13,604,040 km2 (5,252,550 sq mi)
EEZ	88,193,970 km2 (34,051,880 sq mi)	75,633,650 km2 (29,202,320 sq mi)
Malaysia–Thailand joint development area	7,125.22 km2 (2,751.06 sq mi)		Located in a specific economic zone.
Combined	202,676.20 km2 (78,253.72 sq mi)	120,812.120 km2 (46,645.820 sq mi)
Total (includes the maritime area of Thailand)		323,488.32 km2 (124,899.54 sq mi)

Disputes and resolved

Thailand has not established agreements with Cambodia and Vietnam, who also have maritime territory in the Gulf of Thailand, leading to conflicts.^[4] It also has not established a treaty with Malaysia on their gulf waters; however, the Malaysia–Thailand joint development area was established for both countries to jointly exploit the resources in the area of their overlapping claims.^[5][6]

Cambodia

Ko Kut (Koh Kood)

Cambodge Physique map 1927 by Baudoin, Thai maritime border

Cambodia claimed the island Ko Kut (Koh Kood).^[7] However, the French colonial administrator François Marius Baudoin (1867-1957) made an official map titled Cambodge Physique in 1927.^[7] This map features the maritime border between Cambodia and Siam (Thailand).^[7] Ko Kut is within the Siamese maritime territory.^[7] The black demarcation line is 240 degrees to the south of the town Khlong Yai in Trat Province, Thailand, and the town Phumi Cham Yeam in Cambodia.^[7]

See also

• Geography of Thailand
• Outline of Thailand