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Scarborough Shoal is claimed by the Philippines it is because it is within its 200 nautical mile Exclussive Economic Zone which is an international boundary declared under the law of the sea.

The Philippines is the nearest land mass to the shoal: only 135 miles (or 220 km) away.

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