Philippine Rise (Benham Rise)

Philippines / Cagayan Valley / Dicabisagan /
 underwater, volcanic plateau
The Philippine Rise, formerly known as Benham Rise, is an extinct volcanic ridge located in the Philippine Sea approximately 250 kilometers (160 mi) east of the northern coastline of Dinapigue, Isabela. The rise has been known to the people of Catanduanes as Kalipung-awan as early as the precolonial era of the Philippines, which literally means "loneliness from an isolated place".
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benham_Rise
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Coordinates:   16°13'12"N   124°16'53"E

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  • The Philippines will gain 13 million hectares in additional territory, an area slightly smaller than Luzon, should the United Nations approve next year the government's claim on a region off the coast of Isabela and Aurora. Philippines into a natural gas exporter because of the area's huge methane deposits. demand for gas deposits in Benham Rise "because it's much cleaner than (other) fossil fuels." The DENR formally submitted its proposed P16.99-billion (US$40 million) budget for 2012 to the Senate finance committee.
  • may be this submerge land will rise in the near future because of active seismic activity.
  • No doubt, its part of our territory like spratly's island.
  • yesss the philipphines is rich
  • DOE to bid out Benham areas for oil, gas projects
  • So much of dreaming, we could behold a nightmare very much like that of the Gulf of Mexico with the "modern petroleum technology"! And considering it being a typhoon corridor, too.
  • cooool!
  • yeah dude..the Philippines is rich.
  • the highlighted area is only the benrise palteau ..
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