Bacuit Bay, Philippines
The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands with a land area of 300,000 sq. kilometers. Owing to its numerous islands, the country has an irregular coastline that stretches 334,539 kilometers. It is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean on the east, the South China Sea on the north and the west and the Celebes Sea on the south. The islands' rugged coastlines provide several bays and inlets listed below.The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Repúblika ng Pilipinas), is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam. The Sulu Sea to the southwest lies between the country and the island of Borneo, and to the south theCelebes Sea separates it from other islands of Indonesia. It is bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea. Its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and its tropical climate make the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons but have also endowed the country with natural resources and made it amegadiverse country.