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Geography Stats: compare key data on Glorioso Islands & Philippines

Definitions

  • Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Area > Comparative to US places: This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
  • Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
  • Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • Map references: The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
  • Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone: Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) - the LOS Convention (Part V) defines the EEZ as a zone beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which a coastal State has: sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natura
  • Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Population density: People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
  • Land use > Other: The percentage share of used land that is not arable or under permanent crops. This includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc.
  • Note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
STAT Glorioso Islands Philippines HISTORY
Area > Comparative about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC slightly larger than Arizona
Area > Comparative to US places about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC slightly larger than Arizona
Area > Land 5 sq km
Ranked 12th.
298,170 sq km
Ranked 69th. 59634 times more than Glorioso Islands

Area > Total 5 sq km
Ranked 10th.
300,000 sq km
Ranked 74th. 60000 times more than Glorioso Islands

Climate tropical tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)
Coastline 35.2 km
Ranked 201st.
36,289 km
Ranked 5th. 1031 times more than Glorioso Islands

Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed location 12 m Mount Apo 2,954 m
Geographic coordinates 11 30 S, 47 20 E 13 00 N, 122 00 E
Location Southern Africa, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, northwest of Madagascar Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam
Map references <a href="/region/AFR" >Africa</a> Southeast Asia
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone 200 nautical mile
Ranked 12th. The same as Philippines
200 nautical mile
Ranked 90th.

Natural hazards periodic cyclones astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis
Natural resources guano, coconuts timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper
Population density 0.0
Ranked 246th.
266.11 people per sqkm
Ranked 42nd.
Terrain low and flat mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands
Land use > Other 100%
Ranked 19th. 55% more than Philippines
64.67%
Ranked 214th.

Note the islands and rocks are surrounded by an extensive reef system 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

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Heal The World Foundation.

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