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The ___MASK34___ , officially the Republic of the ___MASK34___ , is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean . It consists of about 7 , 641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south : Luzon , Visayas , and Mindanao . The capital city of the ___MASK34___ is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City , both part of Metro Manila . Bounded by the South ___MASK49___ Sea on the west , the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest , the ___MASK34___ shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north , Vietnam to the west , Palau to the east and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south . An island or isle is any piece of sub - continental land that is surrounded by water . Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets , skerries , cays or keys . An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait , and a small island off the coast may be called a holm . A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago , e . g . the ___MASK34___ . Hobart is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania . It is the least populated state capital in ___MASK76___ . Founded in 1803 as a penal colony , Hobart is ___MASK76___ ' s second oldest capital city after Sydney , New South Wales . The city is located in the state ' s south - east on the estuary of the Derwent River , making it the most southern of ___MASK76___ ' s capital cities . Its harbour forms the second - deepest natural port in the world . A continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth . Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria , up to seven regions are commonly regarded as continents . Ordered from largest in size to smallest , they are : Asia , Africa , North America , South America , ___MASK77___ , Europe , and ___MASK76___ . In geology , areas of continental crust include regions covered with water . The Storm Bay is a large bay in the south - east region of Tasmania , ___MASK76___ . ___MASK76___ , officially the Commonwealth of ___MASK76___ , is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent , the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands . It is the world ' s sixth - largest country by total area . The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea , Indonesia and East Timor to the north ; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north - east ; and New Zealand to the south - east . ___MASK76___ ' s capital is Canberra , and its largest urban area is Sydney . Bruny Island is an island off the south - eastern coast of Tasmania , from which it is separated by the D  Entrecasteaux Channel . Storm Bay is located to the island ' s northeast . Both the island and the channel are named after French explorer Bruni d ' Entrecasteaux . Its traditional Aboriginal name was Lunawanna Allonah , which survives as the name of two island settlements , Alonnah and Lunawanna . A cay ( or ), also spelled caye or key , is a small , low - elevation , sandy island on the surface of a coral reef . Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific , Atlantic and Indian Oceans ( including in the Caribbean and on the Great Barrier Reef and ___MASK31___ Barrier Reef ). Tasmania ( abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as " Tassie ") is an island state of the Commonwealth of ___MASK76___ . It is located to the south of the Australian mainland , separated by Bass Strait . The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania , the 26th - largest island in the world , and the surrounding 334 islands . The state has a population of around 518 , 500 , just over forty percent of which resides in the Greater Hobart precinct , which forms the metropolitan area of the state capital and largest city , Hobart .