Malaysia Published Peta Baru
Friday, 21st December 1979
Malaysia published the Peta Baru (the New Map), which displayed and specified Malaysia’s territorial sea which labeled Pulau Batu Puteh (Pedra Branca) as Malaysian territory. Pulau Batu Puteh is a good 25 nautical miles from Singapore, and only 7.7 nautical miles from Johor. The new map which extended its territorial sea limit to 12 miles (19km) from its coast.