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Physical map of the physical geography of the Philippines.The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands. The largest of these islands is Luzon.The islands are volcanic in origin, being part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, and are mostly mountainous.
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Philippine map showing the areas with majority Christians and islam.png 1,240 × 1,624; 200 KB Philippine Sea plate.JPG 655 × 795; 103 KB Philippines foreign relations.PNG 1,425 × 625; 49 KB
The Philippines is bounded by the South China Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Celebes Sea to the south. It shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Palau to the east and southeast, Indonesia to the south, Malaysia to the southwest, Vietnam to the west, and China to the northwest.
== Summary == A blank map of the Philippines, with provincial borders. Some of Malaysia is visible too, at the bottom left corner. Converted by User:Jedjuntereal from Image:BlankMap-Philippines.png. == Licensing == {{PD-self}} 18:42, 16 November 2007: 512 × 663 (119 KB) Jedjuntereal: Reverted to version as of 07:34, 16 November 2007: 18:40, 16 ...
Country Notes China The Philippines shares a maritime border with China in the South China Sea although the extent of the border is disputed by the two countries. [1]The Philippine claim covers an area of the South China Sea island which its government has designated as "West Philippine Sea" which includes the likewise internationally contested Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal.
The Philippines believes that the label Panacot on the map refers to the Scarborough Shoal, and it is the first map with label Panacot on it. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Professor Li Xiaocong of China pointed out that the label Panacot in the 1734 map was not Scarborough Shoal, and the three groups of islands, Galit, Panacot and Lumbay also appeared in the ...