Readings in
Philippine
History
Prof. John Cliford M. Alvero
Chapter 2
Controversial and Conflicting views
in Philippine physical features
• Number of Islands and Islets in the • Longest River in the World
Philippines • Straits
• Number of Named Islands and • Coastline
Unnamed Islands
• Mountains
• Location of the Philippines
• Mount Pulag
• Location of the Philippine Deep
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Pepito M. Capito prepared a list of
controversial issues in Philippine history. He
got the information from the book of Pedro H.
Gagelonia - who happened to be the author's
history professor in FEU in 1963.
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1. Number of Islands and lslets in
the Philippines
Molina 7,083 islands
Agoncillo
and Alfonso 7,000 islands
Alip 7,100 islands
Zaide 7, 083 islands
Ariola 7, 100 islands
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2. Number of Named Islands and
Unnamed islands
Agoncillo and AIfonso
•3,000 named islands and 4,000 unnamed islands
Alip
•2,773 named islands, the rest are still unnamed islands
Zaide
•2,773 (named islands?)
•2,782 (named islands?)
Gagelonia
•2,000 islands have been named
Google, Wikipedia
•5,000 islands are yet to be named.
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3. Location of the Philippines
Philippines is located about 700 miles
Zafra or 1126.54 kms. from the mainland of
China
Philippines is located southeast of
Molina the Asiatic mainland
Philippines lies about 700 miles or
Alip 1126.54 km to the southeast of the
Asia Mainland.
Philippines is a sprawling archipelago
Zaide fringing the southeastern rim of the
Asian continent
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4. Location of the Philippine Deep
Molina
•East of Mindanao
Zaide
•East of Mindanao
Zaide
•Northeast of Mindanao
Zaide
•East of Northern Mindanao
Agoncillo
• East of Mindanao
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5. Longest River in the Country
Alip Molina Benitez Zaide Zaide Google
• Rio Grande de Cagayan is
the longest and widest
river in the Philippines
• The longest river is Rio de • The longest river is the
•Cagayan River is the • Rio Grande de Mindanao • Rio Grande de Mindanao whereas, Rio Grande de
Mindanao (cited in his Rio de Mindanao (cited in Mindanao or Mindanao
longest river in the is the longest river in the is the longest river in the
book Philippine History his book Philippine River is the country’s
Philippines Philippines country
for Elementary Schools) History for High Schools) second largest river
system with a length of
373 kilometers 6.
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6. Straits
Molina Agoncillo Zaide Google
There are 8
landlock There are There are 8
There are
straits in 20 landlock landlock
22 straits
the straits straits
Philippines
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7. Coastline
Zaide 10, 850 statute miles or 17,
641.382 statute kilometers
11, 446 statute miles or 18,
Molina 470.784 kilometers
nearly 11,000 miles or 17,
Alip 702.784 kilometers
11,440 statute miles or
Benitez 18,419,895 statute kilometers
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8. Mountains
•9,600 feet or 2.92608
Agoncillo kilometers high
• 9,699 feet or 2.956 plus
Alip kilometers high
• 9,690 feet or 2.9535
Zaide kilometers high
• 2,954 kilometers high
Google
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9. Mount Pulag
Agoncillo Alip Google
the second highest peak
9,606 feet high (2.927
in Luzon with 8,481 feet 2.9222 kilometers high
kms) high
(2.585009 kms) high
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