Philippine Sea

Synonym: Philippine Sea

Synonym: battle of the Philippine Sea (n). (additional references)

The Philippine Sea is is a part of the western Pacific Ocean bordered by the Philippines and Taiwan to the west, Japan to the north, the Marianas to the east and Palau to the south.

The Philippine Sea Plate forms the floor of this sea and it subducts under the Eurasian Plate which formed the Philippine archipelago. Between the two plates is the Philippine Trench.

Crosswords: Philippine Sea

English words defined with "Philippine Sea": battle of the Philippine Sea. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Geology of the northern Philippine Sea : geological results of the GDP Cruises of Japan (reference) (more book examples)
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	Photographed from a USS Philippine Sea plane while operating in the Mediterranean Sea, 9 March 1948. Note that the ship still retained one aircraft catapult at this time.Credit: NAVY.		Taxies forward on the flight deck of USS Philippine Sea (CV-47), just before taking off to attack North Korean targets, circa 19 October 1950. Note small bombs on the plane's wings and flight deck crewman signalling to the pilot.Credit: NAVY.
	View looking aft from the carrier's island, showing AD and F9F aircraft parked on the flight deck. Photographed on 19 July 1955, while Philippine Sea was operating with the Seventh Fleet. Photographed by PH1 J.E. Cook.Credit: NAVY.		Steams through a gale east of Sicily, 4 February 1949. Photographed from USS Philippine Sea (CV-47), some of whose F4U-4 "Corsair" fighters are in the foreground.Credit: NAVY.
	Steaming astern of USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47), off San Diego, California, 3 March 1954. Note her anti-submarine armament aft: a single depth charge rack on her stern with K-Gun depth charge throwers at the deck sides forward of the after 5"/38 gun mount.Credit: NAVY.		Disembarks from a Douglas AD-4N "Skyraider" aircraft, after being flown aboard USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) off Korea, 22 November 1950. He is being welcomed by the carrier's Commanding Officer, Captain Willard K. Goodney. Secretary Matthews was visiting Navy units involved in Korean War operations. Note his leather flight helmet and inflatable life vest.Credit: NAVY.
	Prepare for launching aboard USS Philippine Sea (CV-47), during strikes on North Korean targets, circa 19 October 1950. Note small bombs, with fuse extensions, on the planes' wings.Credit: NAVY.
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Expression using "Philippine Sea": battle of the Philippine Sea. Additional references.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-i-i-i-l-n-p-p-p-s"
	-3 letters: epiphanies, pineapples.
	-4 letters: pineapple, pipelines.
	-5 letters: elaphine, hiplines, panpipes, penalise, pipeline, sepaline, spalpeen.
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