What the records say
- When
- since Jun 1991
- Kind
- Territorial claim
- Coordinates
- 4.17° N, 118.75° E
- Names
- Sipadan & Ligitan
- Region
- 5
- Censored at
- 2001-12
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Ligitan and Sipadan dispute
Territorial dispute between Indonesia and Malaysia
The Ligitan and Sipadan dispute [2002] ICJ 3 was a territorial dispute between Indonesia and Malaysia over two islands in the Celebes Sea, namely Ligitan and Sipadan. The dispute began in 1969 and was largely resolved by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2002, which opined that both of the islands belonged to Malaysia.
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The source
- ICOW Territorial Claims 1816–2001Issue Correlates of WarCorrelates of War: free use with citation
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