Middle Rocks, Johor
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Middle Rocks (Malay: Batuan Tengah) consists of two uninhabitable small rocks separated by 250 meters of open water located at the eastern opening of the Straits of Singapore in Malaysia. It is roughly 8.0 nautical miles to the southeast of the Malaysian state of Johor and just 0.6 nautical miles south of Pedra Branca. It stands between 0.6 to 1.0 meter above sea level.[1]
[edit] International Court of Justice ruling
The rocks together with Pedra Branca and another rock formation within the vicinity known as South Ledge were subject to a territorial dispute between Malaysia and Singapore. For Middle Rocks and South Ledge, the dispute arose when Singapore claimed both islets in 1993. Both Southeast Asian countries agreed to bring the matter to International Court of Justice in 2003 and hearing was held 2007. The court ruled 15-1 that Middle Ledge belonged to Malaysia while awarding Pedra Branca to Singapore. The status of South Ledge remained unresolved.[1]
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| Land: | Aksai Chin |  |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | |
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| Baekdu Mountain |  |
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| East Turkestan | |
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| Heixiazi / Bolshoy Ussuriyskiy (Eastern part)2 |  |
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| Kashmir3 |  |
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| Kachin State |  |
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| Kayin State | |
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| Korean Peninsula and its adjacent islands3 | |
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| Mainland China2 | |
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| Mongolia2 |  |
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| Pamir Mountains (Northern and central parts)2 |  |
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| Wakhan Corridor2 |  |
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| Pattani |  |
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| Sabah2 |  |
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| Shan State | |
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| Sixty-Four Villages East of the Heilongjiang River2 | |
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| Tannu Uriankhai (now Tuva Republic of Russia)2 | |
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| Tibet | |
 1 2 |
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| Trans-Karakoram Tract | |
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| Wa State | |
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| Islands and Waters: | Kinmen | |
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| Liancourt Rocks | |
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| Macclesfield Bank | |
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| Matsu | |
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| Paracel Islands | |
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| Pedra Branca, Middle Rocks and South Ledge |  |
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| Pratas Islands | |
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| Scarborough Shoal | |
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| Senkaku Islands | |
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| Sir Creek3 | |
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| Socotra Rock | |
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| Taiwan and Pescadores2 | |
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| Notes: | 1Government in exile/exiled group. 2Inactive dispute. 3Divided among multiple claimants. |
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