!!!Philippines: Geography
||Location|Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam
||Geographic Coordinates|13 00 N, 122 00 E[{GoogleMap location='13.0,122.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''300,000 sq km\\''land: ''298,170 sq km\\''water: ''1,830 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__]
||Land boundaries|0 km
||Coastline|36,289 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Philippine Sea 0 m\\''highest point: ''Mount Apo 2,954 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Mount Apo 2954 m; Mount Pulag 2922 m; Mount Ragang 2815 m; Mount Halcon 2586 m; Mayon Volcano 2463 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Mount Apo 2954 m; Mount Katanglad 2938 m; Mount Pulag 2934 m; Mount Ragang 2815 m; Mount Piapayungan 2815 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] 
||Terrain|mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands
||Natural Hazards|astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms each year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis volcanism: significant volcanic activity; Taal (elev. 311 m), which has shown recent unrest and may erupt in the near future, has been deemed a Decade Volcano by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; Mayon (elev. 2,462 m), the country's most active volcano, erupted in 2009 forcing over 33,000 to be evacuated; other historically active volcanoes include Biliran, Babuyan Claro, Bulusan, Camiguin, Camiguin de Babuyanes, Didicas, Iraya, Jolo, Kanlaon, Makaturing, Musuan, Parker, Pinatubo and Ragang
||Natural Resource|timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper
||Land Use|''arable land: ''18%\\''permanent crops: ''17.33%\\''other: ''64.67% (2011)
||Climate|tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)
||Irrigated Land|18,790 sq km (2006)
||Renewable Water Resources|479 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|uncontrolled deforestation especially in watershed areas; soil erosion; air and water pollution in major urban centers; coral reef degradation; increasing pollution of coastal mangrove swamps that are important fish breeding grounds
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling\\''signed, but not ratified: ''Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Manila; Cebu City; Davao; Dasmariñas; Cagayan de Oro\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Manila; Quezon City; Budta; Davao; Malingao\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Asia/Philippines/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|the Philippine archipelago is made up of 7,107 islands; favorably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia's main water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait\\[Important Lakes|Geography/Asia/Philippines/Geography/Important_Lakes]