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The Philippines (Pilipinas) is a nation of more than 7,600 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, covering about 115,800 square miles (300,000 km²). Volcanic mountains, rainforests and rice terraces cover the larger islands, while white-sand beaches, mangroves and coral reefs ring the coast.

Its most famous natural landmark is Mayon Volcano, an active volcano with an almost perfect cone that rises above the plains of Albay. The highest peak is Mount Apo at about 9,692 feet (2,954 m) on Mindanao. The national bird is the Philippine eagle, one of the largest and rarest eagles in the world.

Tiny tarsiers cling to trees on Bohol near the rounded Chocolate Hills, and whale sharks feed off the coast of Donsol. The islands sit inside the Coral Triangle, home to thousands of kinds of reef fish. Tubbataha Reefs, the Puerto Princesa Underground River and the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras are all UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Did You Know? Each eye of the Philippine tarsier is about as big as its whole brain, and it cannot move its eyes, so it turns its head almost all the way around instead.

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