菲律宾共和国,面积29万9千7百平方公里,由七千多个大小岛屿组成.北部吕宋岛向西突出,南部棉兰老岛向东突出,略呈S形,是太平洋西部自阿留申群岛南延岛弧的一部分.菲律宾群岛上新生代地层分布广泛,断裂构造发育,火山活动强烈,金、铜、镍、铬矿产资源丰富. The Republic of the Philippines, an area of ​​297,700 square kilometers, is composed of more than 7,000 large and small islands. The northern part of Luzon is prominent westward, while the southern part of Mindanao is prominent eastwards, slightly S-shaped. It is the southernmost part of the Pacific Ocean from the Aleutian Islands Island arc part of the Philippine Islands, the Cenozoic strata are widely distributed, fault structure development, volcanic activity is strong, gold, copper, nickel, chromium mineral resources are abundant.