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Location of the Philippine Sea. The Philippine Sea has the Philippines and Taiwan to the west, Japan to the north, the Marianas to the east and Palau to the south. Adjacent seas include the Celebes Sea which is separated by Mindanao and smaller islands to the south, the South China Sea which is separated by Philippines, and the East China Sea which is separated by the Ryukyu Islands.
The ocean currents surrounding the Philippines: (1) Mindanao Current, (2) Mindanao Undercurrent (dotted to indicate that it is deeper than the other currents shown), (3) Mindanao Eddy, (4) North Equatorial Current, (5) Kuroshio current, (6) the beginnings and feeder currents of the Kuroshio (gradated to indicate that it strengthens to the North), (7) Indonesian Throughflow, and (8) North ...
Republic Act No. 9522, "An Act to Define the Baselines of the Territorial Sea of the Philippines", [66] describes an irregular polygon which fits within a box with its center at 121°44'47.45"E 12°46'6.1252"N, a point also roughly in the center of the Tablas Strait. The CIA Factbook locates the Philippines at 13°N 122°E. [60]
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Philippines: Philippines – archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
The Philippines, [f] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [g] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
Oceans and Seas in the Philippines This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 16:41 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Pages in category "Seas of the Philippines" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bohol Sea; C.
The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.It is bounded in the north by South China, in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Philippines (mainly Luzon, Mindoro and Palawan), and in the south by Borneo, eastern Sumatra and the Bangka Belitung Islands, encompassing an area of around 3,500,000 km 2 (1,400,000 sq mi).