The Chocolate Hills are a famous landform in which Asian country?

The Chocolate Hills are a famous landform in the Philippines.

This remarkable landscape lies on Bohol island in the central Philippines. It consists of at least 1,260, and possibly more than 1,776, rounded, grass-covered limestone hills spread across more than 50 square kilometres. During the dry season, the grass turns brown, creating the chocolate-like appearance that gives the hills their name.

Geologically, the hills are a form of conical karst. Rainwater and groundwater gradually dissolved uplifted marine limestone, while erosion and streams helped shape the unusually regular domes. The rocks contain fossils associated with shallow marine environments, including corals, mollusks and foraminifera.

A common mix-up is assuming the hills are volcanic cones or artificial mounds. They are neither: they are natural limestone formations. Local legends instead explain them through stories of giants, including one about a grieving giant whose tears supposedly formed the hills.