KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Extent. The International Hydrographic Organization defines the Philippine Sea as “that area of the North Pacific Ocean off the Eastern coasts of the Philippine Islands", bounded as follows: On the west.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is bounded in the west by the South China Sea; in the east by the Pacific Ocean; in the south by the Sulu and Celebes Seas; and in the north by the Bashi Channel. Its capital and main port of entry is Manila.

Detailed explanation-3: -Philippine Sea, section of the western North Pacific Ocean, lying east and north of the Philippines. The floor of this portion of the ocean is formed into a structural basin by a series of geologic folds and faults that protrude above the surface in the form of bordering island arcs.

Detailed explanation-4: -It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Oceania in the west and the Americas in the east.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Kuroshio Current is one of the major ocean currents. It begins east of the Philippines then flows in a northeastward direction past Taiwan and Japan. It forms the western side of the clockwise North Pacific Ocean gyre.