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The Philippines is broken up into many islands by the sea. This gives it the fifth longest coastline of 36,289 kilometers (22,549 mi) in the world. [14] [15] The Exclusive economic zone of the Philippines covers 2,263,816 km 2 (874,064 sq mi), 200 nautical miles (370 km) from its shores. [16]
image1 = Philippines relief location map (square).svg An alternative map image, usually a relief map, which can be displayed via the relief or AlternativeMap parameters; top = 21.2 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 4.3 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = 114 Longitude at left edge of map, in ...
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Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 103 %. Geographic limits of the map: N: 21.2° N; S: 4.3° N; W: 114.1° E; E: 127.3° E; Date: 25 May 2009: Source: own work, using United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency data; World Data Base II data; Author: NordNordWest: Other versions
The shortest distance between two points in plane is a Cartesian straight line. The Pythagorean theorem is used to calculate the distance between points in a plane. Even over short distances, the accuracy of geographic distance calculations which assume a flat Earth depend on the method by which the latitude and longitude coordinates have been ...
Philippine Election Map 1992.PNG 2,000 × 3,120; 214 KB 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
The exclusive economic zone of the Philippines shown in blue lines, [14] eleven dash-line claim by China shown in red lines, treaty line of the Treaty of Paris (1898) shown in green line. Map prepared by the NAMRIA, with the green line showing the maximum extent of the EEZ (ignoring landmass of neighboring countries) and the theoretical EEZ ...
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.