Location of the Philippines

Location of the Philippine archipelago

is between 14° and 22° north latitudes

and between 126° and 127° east longitudes.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

4° and 22° north latitudes and between 116° and 127°

east longitudes.

The Philippine archipelago is consists of 7,127 islands situated southeast

of mainland Asia and separated from it by the West Philippine Sea.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

7,107 islands

The total land area of the Philippine archipelago

is about 300 000 square kilometers.

• True

• False

Three largest islands of the Philippines are:

• Luzon

• Visayas

• Mindanao

• Sabah

The Philippines is separated from Taiwan on the north by the Bash

Channel (part of Luzon Strait)

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Bashi

From Sabah, Malaysia on the southwest

by Balabac Strait (off Palawan) and the Sibutu Passage (off the Sulu

archipelago).

• True

• False

Bordering seas include the Philippine Sea and the Pacific

Ocean on the north, the Celebes Sea on the east, the Sulu Sea on the

southwest, and the West Philippine Sea on the west.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Bordering seas include the Philippine Sea and the Pacific

Ocean on the east, the Celebes Sea on the south, the Sulu Sea on the

southwest, and the West Philippine Sea on the west.

These are large bodies of water. They form part of the ocean that

surrounds the continents and other landmasses.

• seas

• river

• lakes

• islands

Beaches are shaped by the

action of waves that deposit sand and

sediments. Winds push these sediments inland.

• True

• False

Boracay in Aklan,

Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte, Panglao in

Bohol, and El Nido in Palawan.

• famous beaches

• famous rivers

• famous lakes

• famous waterfalls