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{{Short description|Marginal sea east and north-east of the Philippines}}
{{Redirect|Western Philippine Sea|the alternative name for part of the South China Sea|West Philippine Sea}}
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The '''Philippine Sea''' is a [[List of seas#Marginal seas by ocean|marginal sea]] of the [[Pacific Ocean|Western Pacific Ocean]] east of the [[list of islands of the Philippines|Philippine Archipelago]] and the [[List of seas#Largest seas by area|largest sea in the world]], occupying an estimated [[surface area]] of {{convert|5|e6km2|sp=us|sigfig=1}}.<ref name="Encarta-PhilippineSea">{{cite web |title=Philippine Sea |url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761580288/Philippine_Sea.html |website=Encarta |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820123304/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761580288/Philippine_Sea.html |archive-date=20 August 2009}}</ref> The [[Philippine Sea Plate]] forms the floor of the sea.<ref>[[North Pacific Ocean]]</ref> Its western border is the [[first island chain]] to the west, comprising the [[Ryukyu Islands]] in the northwest and [[Taiwan]] in the west. Its southwestern border comprises the [[Philippines|Philippine]] islands of [[Luzon]], [[Catanduanes]], [[Samar]], [[Leyte]], and [[Mindanao]]. Its northern border comprises the Japanese islands of [[Honshu]], [[Shikoku]] and [[Kyūshū]]. Its eastern border is the [[second island chain]] to the east, comprising the [[Bonin Islands]] and [[Iwo Jima]] in the northeast, the [[Mariana Islands]] (including [[Guam]], [[Saipan]], and [[Tinian]]) in the due east, and [[Halmahera]], [[Palau]], [[Yap]] and [[Ulithi]] (of the [[Caroline Islands]]) in the southeast. Its southern border is [[Indonesia]]'s [[Morotai Island]].<ref name="brit">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/456389/Philippine-Sea|title= Philippine Sea|access-date= 2008-08-12|encyclopedia= Encyclopædia Britannica Online}}</ref>

The sea has a complex and diverse undersea [[Bathymetry|relief]].<ref name="bio"/> The floor is formed into a structural basin by a series of geologic faults and fracture zones. [[Island arcs]], which are actually extended ridges protruding above the ocean surface due to [[plate tectonic]] activity in the area, enclose the Philippine Sea to the north, east and south. The Philippine archipelago, [[Ryukyu Islands]], and the [[Mariana Islands|Marianas]] are examples. Another prominent feature of the Philippine Sea is the presence of [[ocean trench|deep sea trenches]], among them the [[Philippine Trench]] and the [[Mariana Trench]], containing the deepest point on the planet.

==Geography==
[[File:Cloudscape Over the Philippine Sea.jpg|thumb|An image captured from the [[International Space Station|ISS]] while flying past the Philippine Sea in June 2016]]

===Location===
[[File:Locatie_Filipijnenzee.PNG|thumb|Location of the Philippine Sea]]
The Philippine Sea has the [[Philippines]] and [[Taiwan]] to the west, Japan to the north, the [[Mariana Islands|Marianas]] to the east and [[Palau]] to the south. Adjacent seas include the [[Celebes Sea]] which is separated by [[Mindanao]] and smaller islands to the south, the [[South China Sea]] which is separated by [[Philippines]], and the [[East China Sea]] which is separated by the [[Ryukyu Islands]].

===Extent===
The [[International Hydrographic Organization]] defines the Philippine Sea as "that area of the [[Pacific Ocean|North Pacific Ocean]] off the Eastern coasts of the [[Philippines|Philippine Islands]]", bounded as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iho.int/uploads/user/pubs/standards/s-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf|title=Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition|year=1953|publisher=International Hydrographic Organization|access-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008191433/http://www.iho.int/iho_pubs/standard/S-23/S-23_Ed3_1953_EN.pdf|archive-date=8 October 2011}}</ref>{{fv|date=March 2025}}
<blockquote>
''On the west.'' By the eastern limits of the [[East Indian Archipelago]], [[South China Sea]] and [[East China Sea]].

''On the north.'' By the southeast coast of [[Kyushu]], the southern and eastern limits of the [[Seto Inland Sea|Inland Sea]] and the south coast of [[Honshu]] Island.

''On the east.''
By the ridge joining Japan to the [[Bonin Islands|Bonin]], [[Volcano Islands|Volcano]] and [[Mariana Islands|Ladrone (Mariana)]] Islands, all these being included in the Philippine Sea.

''On the south.'' By a line joining [[Guam]], [[Yap]], Pelew ([[Palau]]) and [[Halmahera]] Islands.
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===Geology===
[[File:Philippine Sea plate.JPG|thumb|Philippine Sea plate]]
[[File:View_towards_the_sea_from_the_coastal_path_on_Guanyinbi.jpg|thumb|View of the beach, rocky coastline and the Philippine Sea in Pingtung County, Taiwan]]

The [[Philippine Sea Plate]] forms the floor of the Philippine Sea. It subducts under the [[Philippine Mobile Belt]] which carries most of the Philippine archipelago and eastern [[Taiwan]]. Between the two plates is the [[Philippine Trench]].

===Marine biodiversity===
The Philippine Sea has a marine territorial scope of over {{convert|679800|km2|sp=us}}, and an [[EEZ]] of 2.2 million km<sup>2</sup>. Attributed to an extensive vicariance and island integrations, the Philippines contains the highest number of marine species per unit area relative to the countries within the [[Malay Archipelago|Indo-Malay-Philippines Archipelago]], and has been identified as the epicenter of marine biodiversity.<ref name="Springer-EnvironmentalBiology">{{cite journal |title=Environmental Biology of Fishes |journal=Environmental Biology of Fishes (Online) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227112122 |access-date=4 November 2018 |publisher=Springer Nature Switzerland |issn=0378-1909}}</ref> With its inclusion in the Coral Triangle, the Philippine Sea encompasses over 3,212 fish species, 486 coral species, 800 seaweed species, and 820 benthic algae species, wherein the [[Verde Island Passage]] is dubbed as "the center of the center of marine fish biodiversity".<ref name="worldwildlife.org">{{cite web |last1=Goldman |first1=Lee |title=A Biodiversity Hotspot in the Philippines |url=https://www.worldwildlife.org/blogs/good-nature-travel/posts/a-biodiversity-hotspot-in-the-philippines |website=World Wildlife Fund |access-date=4 November 2018 |date=10 August 2010}}</ref> Within its territory, thirty-three endemic species of fish have been identified, including the blue-spotted angelfish ([[Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus]]) and the sea catfish ([[Arius manillensis]]).<ref name="ThePhilippineArchipelago">{{cite book |last1=Boquet |first1=Yves |title=The Philippine archipelago |date=2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9783319519265 |page=321 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=90C4DgAAQBAJ |access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref> The Philippine marine territory has also become a breeding and feeding ground for endangered marine species, such as the whale shark ([[Rhincodon typus]]), the dugong ([[Dugong dugon]]), and the megamouth shark ([[Megachasma pelagios]]).<ref name="worldwildlife.org"/> Within the [[South China Sea]], Philippine scientists have discovered an abundant amount of marine life and species that have the potential to be biomedical advances for the Philippines as well.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 5, 2020|title=The Philippines' Future Floats in the West Philippine Sea|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2423812133|id={{ProQuest|2423812133}}}}</ref>

===Coral Triangle===
The [[Coral Triangle]] (also called the Indo-Malayan Triangle) is considered to be the global center of marine biodiversity. Its total oceanic area is approximately 2 million square kilometers.<ref name="StateOfTheCoralTriangle">{{cite book |title=State of the Coral Triangle : Philippines. |date=2014 |publisher=Asian Development Bank |location=Mandaluyong, Philippines |isbn=978-92-9254-518-5 |url=http://coraltriangleinitiative.org/sites/default/files/resources/SCTR-PHL.pdf |access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref> It encompasses the tropical waters of [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]], the [[Philippines]], [[Timor-Leste]], [[Papua New Guinea]], and [[Solomon Islands]].<ref name="NOAAGov-CoralTriangle">{{cite web |title=NOAA PIFSC CRED in the Coral Triangle: Building capacity for application of an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management |url=https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/coral_triangle_initiative.php |website=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date=4 November 2018 }}</ref> The Philippine islands, which lie at its apex, make up {{convert|300000|km2|sp=us}} of it.<ref name="EconomicsCoralTriangle">{{cite report |title=Economics of Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Coral Triangle |date=2014 |url=https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/42411/economics-fisheries-aquaculture-coral-triangle.pdf |access-date=4 November 2018 |publisher=[[Asian Development Bank]] |location=Mandaluyong, Philippines}}</ref> The part of the Coral Triangle's coral reef area that lies within the Philippines ranges from {{convert|10750|km2|sp=us}} to {{convert|33500|km2|sp=us}}. It contains over 500 species of scleractinian or stony corals, and at least 12 [[endemic]] coral species.<ref name="StateOfTheCoralTriangle"/>

The Coral Triangle contains 75% of the world's coral species (around 600 species). It is home to over 2000 types of reef fish, and six of the world's seven species of marine turtles (the [[hawksbill]], [[Loggerhead sea turtle|loggerhead]], [[leatherback]], [[green turtle]], [[Olive ridley sea turtle|olive ridley]], and [[sea turtle]]).<ref name="WorldWildLife-CoralTriangle">{{cite web |title=Coral Triangle; Facts |url=https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/coral-triangle |website=World Wildlife Fund |access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref> There is no single causal explanation for the unusually high biodiversity found in the Coral Triangle, but most researchers have attributed it to geological factors such as plate tectonics.<ref name="WWFAustralia-CoralTriangle">{{cite book |title=The coral triangle and climate change : ecosystems, people and societies at risk : summary |date=May 2009 |publisher=WWF Australia |location=Sydney NSW Australia |isbn=978-1-921031-35-9 |url=https://www.wwf.de/fileadmin/fm-wwf/Publikationen-PDF/climate_change___coral_triangle___full_report.pdf |access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref>

The Philippine Sea provides or supports the livelihoods of 120 million people, and is a source of food for the Philippine coastal communities and for millions more people worldwide.<ref name="WorldWildLife-CoralTriangle"/> Whale-[[shark tourism]] in the Coral Triangle also provides a steady source of income for the surrounding community.<ref name="WorldWildLife-CoralTriangle"/> The marine resources in the Coral Triangle have a high economic value, not only in the Philippines, but across the globe. The countries surrounding the Coral Triangle work to provide their people with technical assistance and other resources needed to promote conservation, sustainability, biodiversity, food security, sources of livelihood, and economic development.<ref name="NOAAGov-CoralTriangle"/>

[[Climate change]] is affecting the coastal ecosystem found in the Coral Triangle. It is contributing to [[sea level rise|rising sea levels]] and [[ocean acidification]], thus endangering marine animals like fish and turtles. This has a negative effect on local sources of livelihood, such as fishing and tourism. It is also making the waters warmer, which endangers corals. Warmer water causes corals to absorb more carbon dioxide. This alters the water's pH balance, making it acidic, a condition to which the corals are not adapted, and in which they are ill-equipped to survive.<ref name="WorldWildLife-CoralTriangle"/>

==Biology==
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The Philippine Sea hosts an exotic marine ecosystem. There are 421 of the 577 known species of corals in coastal waters, including 19 seagrass species and 30 species of mangrove, both of which contribute nutrients to coral systems. The Philippines also consists of 20 percent of the [[shellfish]] globally. [[Sea turtles]], [[shark]]s, [[moray eels]], [[octopus]]es, and [[sea snakes]], along with numerous species of [[fish]] such as [[tuna]] can commonly be observed. Additionally, the Philippine Sea serves as spawning ground for [[Japanese eel]], tuna, and different [[whale]] species.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url= http://www.lighthouse-foundation.org/index.php?id=140&L=1|title= Philippine Sea|access-date= 2008-08-12|publisher= Lighthouse Foundation}}</ref>
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===Biodiversity===
The Philippine Sea is a centre of [[marine biodiversity]] as well as a [[biodiversity hotspot]]. However, at least 418 species are being threatened because of unsustainable practices.

The rise in temperature change caused shifts in the [[marine ecosystem]]s. which could cause corals to die due to changing sea temperature. As fish and other marine life rely on corals for sustenance and habitat, communities that rely on fishing are heavily affected as well.<ref name="GreenPeace">{{cite web |title=Philippine Seas |url=https://www.greenpeace.org/seasia/ph/PageFiles/533258/OD-2013-PH-SEAS.pdf |publisher=Greenpeace |access-date=20 July 2018 |archive-date=17 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517033704/http://www.greenpeace.org/seasia/ph/PageFiles/533258/OD-2013-PH-SEAS.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> As the Philippine Sea is situated in a particularly active Western Pacific [[Tropical cyclone basins|tropical cyclone basin]], the physical damage caused by [[typhoon]]s coming from the east can further destroy the marine habitats.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Is Climate Change Affecting the Philippines? |url=https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/how-climate-change-affecting-philippines |website=Climate Reality Project |date=19 January 2016 |publisher=climaterealityproject.org |access-date=20 July 2018}}</ref>

==History==
The first European to navigate the Philippine Sea was [[Ferdinand Magellan]] in 1521, who named it ''Mar Filipinas'' when he and his men were in the [[Mariana Islands]] prior to the exploration of the [[Philippines]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} Later it was discovered by other Spanish explorers{{Who|date=November 2020}} from 1522 to 1565.

===Battle of the Philippine Sea===
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[[File:Battle of the Philippine Sea.jpg|thumb|300px|Japanese Carrier Division Three under attack by [[United States Navy]] aircraft from Task Force 58, late afternoon, 20 June 1944. The heavy cruiser circling at right, nearest to the camera, is either {{warship|Japanese cruiser|Maya||2}} or {{warship|Japanese cruiser|Chōkai||2}}. Beyond that, is the small [[aircraft carrier]] {{warship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chiyoda||2}}.]]

A historic battle between the naval fleets of the United States and Japan took place in the vicinity of the Philippine Sea. This was called The [[Battle of the Philippine Sea]], and occurred near the [[Mariana Islands]] from 19 to 20 June 1944.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crowder, M. (2006). Dreadnoughts' FIERY FINALE. World War II, 21(5), 48.}}</ref> It was also the largest carrier-to-carrier battle in history which featured the [[United States Fifth Fleet]] and the [[1st Mobile Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)|1st Mobile Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy]].

Aside from the navy, aerial activity was also present in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, as hundreds of aircraft from both countries fired at each other. The Americans indisputably won, and nicknamed the aerial war the "[[Great Marianas Turkey Shoot]]" due to the number of Japanese aircraft shot down.<ref>{{cite book |title=Lambert, J. W. (2011). "OLD-FASHIONED TURKEY SHOOT". ''Aviation History'', 22(2), 22-29}}</ref>

Japan struggled to recover from the severe damages of its imperial navy and air strength suffered from the battle. This heavily attributed to the victory of the United States in the Battle of the Philippine Sea which was a vital part of the Americans' reclamation of the Philippines, and the Mariana Islands from Japan.<ref>{{cite book |title=Kennedy, D. M. (1999). "Victory at sea". ''Atlantic'', 283(3), 51-76.}}</ref>

=== Post-World War II ===
In 1989, the [[United States Department of Defense]] revealed the loss of a one-megaton [[nuclear bomb]] in the Philippine Sea during the [[1965 Philippine Sea A-4 incident]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=9 May 1989|title=U.S. Confirms '65 Loss of H-Bomb Near Japanese Islands|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/05/09/us-confirms-65-loss-of-h-bomb-near-japanese-islands/947ccbfa-f91b-48a0-99eb-ab9f18dfb399/}}</ref>

Following an escalation of the [[Spratly Islands dispute]] in 2011, various Philippine government agencies started using the designation "[[West Philippine Sea]]" to refer to parts of the [[South China Sea]]. However, a [[PAGASA]] spokesperson said that the sea east of the Philippine archipelago will continue to be called the Philippine Sea.<ref>{{cite news|last=Quismundo|first=Tarra|date=2011-06-13|title=South China Sea renamed in the Philippines|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20110613-283772.html|access-date=2018-01-26}}</ref>

==Economy==
===Fisheries===
The Philippines depends on the Philippine Sea as one of the sources of its food, and for many people's livelihoods. In the Coral Triangle area, the Philippines harvests seaweeds, milkfish, shrimp, oyster, mussel, and live reef fish as aquaculture products. Fishermen catch many types of fish, including small pelagic, anchovy, sardine, mackerel, and tuna, among others.<ref name="WorldWildLife-CoralTriangle" />

Recent scientific expeditions have found that the [[Benham Rise]] (also known as the Philippine Rise) in the Philippine Sea has a diverse marine ecosystem that attracts migratory commercial fish like tuna, marlin and mackerel.<ref name="GMANews-Benham">{{cite news |last1=Dimacali |first1=TJ |title='Fish more important than gold' –BFAR on Benham Rise |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/scitech/science/609957/fish-more-important-than-gold-bfar-on-benham-rise/story/ |access-date=4 November 2018 |work=GMA News |date=8 May 2017}}</ref> The Benham Rise is a rich fishing ground for fishermen from Aurora, Quezon and Bicol.<ref name="Inquirer-ExploringBenham">{{cite news |last1=Cinco |first1=Maricar |title=Exploring Benham Rise's unknown treasures |url=https://globalnation.inquirer.net/153499/exploring-benham-rises-unknown-treasures |access-date=4 November 2018 |work=Inquirer.net |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=19 March 2017}}</ref> The Philippines [[Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources]] trains fishermen in sustainable-fishing techniques to prevent the destruction of coral formations, which could negatively affect the food chain that the migratory fish depend on. Migratory fish generally sell at high prices. For example, a single bluefin tuna from the Benham Rise can be sold at market for {{Philippine peso|2000}}.<ref name="GMANews-Benham"/>

==See also==
{{commons category|Philippine Sea}}
{{portal|Oceans}}
*[[Philippine Trench]]
*[[Philippine Sea Plate]]
*[[Benham Rise]]
*[[Devil's Sea]]

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