People who get here, are forever fascinated by the unique nature of the Philippine sea, which is difficult to compare with any other part of the world. Clear water, coral lagoons, varuios life in the deep water… as well as regular storms, of course — can you imagine tropical Islands without them?
Amazing facts about Philippine Sea
1.It washes the shores of territories belonging to the Philippines, Micronesia, Japan, Taiwan and the United States — the latter includes Guam island, which de jure is not an American state, but has the status of a terrytory incorporated with the United States.
2.Philippine sea is the second largest one after the Sargasso sea, but the latter, as we know, has no banks, so among the seas bordering the land Philippine sea is the largest one (interesting facts about Sargasso sea).
3.The whole France could be placed on the Philippine sea territory 10 times.
4.Sometimes volcanic bombs during underwater eruptions fly over the sea surface here, and quickly eroding ash islands are formed.
5.Mountain ranges on the bottom of the Philippine sea have a length up to 1500 miles (about 2500 kilometers).
6.The first Europeans who crossed the Philippine sea were the famous navigator Ferdinand Magellan and his expedition members.
7.The Pacific Ring of fire, the area of the world’s highest seismic activity, which arose at the junction of two lithospheric plates, passes through the Philippine sea.
8.Tehre are really many underwater volcanoes on the bottom of the Philippine sea, and some of them have a height more than 10 000 feet (about 3 km) from the foot to the top (interesting facts about volcanoes).
9.The average depth of Philippine sea exceeds 13450 feet (about 4100 meters).
10. According to scientists, the volume of water in the Philippine sea reaches 35,3 billion cubic feet (about 23.5 million cubic kilometers).
11. The Philippine sea water has almost the same salinity everywhere — in its different parts the difference in this indicator does not exceed 1 percent.
12. The Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the Earth, is located in the Philippine sea, in the Mariana trench. According to the results of the last investigations, the depth in this place is 36 070 feet (10 994 meters).
13. Like the Republic of the Philippines, this sea got its name in honor of the Spanish king Philip.
14. During the rainy season, from the end of may to the beginning of October, the Philippine sea is often raging ones of the strongest hurricanes in the world.
