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References
- ↑ "Maritime Boundaries: India-Malaysia-Thailand" (PDF), International Boundary Study Series: Limit in the Seas, 81, 27 December 1971, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2009
- ↑ "Continental Shelf Boundaries: India-Indonesia-Thailand" (PDF), International Boundary Study Series: Limit in the Seas, 93, 17 August 1981, archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011, retrieved 23 September 2010
