2. Philippines lies some 800 km (500 mi)
off the southeast coast of Asia,
encompasses and archipelago of 7,
107 islands.
The Philippines lie in an area of great
tectonic instability – the ring of fire
that surrounds the Pacific Ocean –
and within the path of violent tropical
storms
3. The archipelago, which extends 1,770
km (1,100 mi) north to south, is
roughly triangular.
The Philippine Trench, 10, 500 m
(34,500 ft) deep, runs along the
eastern coastline.
4. Location:
Lies between the Equator
and the Tropic of Cancer,
between 4* 23’ and
21*25’ north latitude and
between 116* and
126*30’ east longitude.
8. Location:
Northern island group of the
Malay Archipelago, extending
about 1,850 km (1,150 mi)
almost due north between
Borneo and Taiwan; the
eastern and western extent is
almost 1,127 km (700 mi).
