Cabugao Island

This article is about the island. For the region, see Cabugao.
Cabugao Island
Native name: <span class="nickname" ">Cabugao Gamay
Cabugao Island

Location within the Philippines

Geography
Location Visayan Sea
Coordinates 11°34′5″N 123°20′52″E / 11.56806°N 123.34778°E / 11.56806; 123.34778Coordinates: 11°34′5″N 123°20′52″E / 11.56806°N 123.34778°E / 11.56806; 123.34778
Archipelago Islas de Gigantes
Highest elevation 357 ft (108.8 m)[1]
Country
Region Western Visayas
Province Iloilo
Municipality Carles
Demographics
Population uninhabited

Cabugao (locally known as Cabugao Gamay and sometimes called Cabugao Daku or Cabugao Islet) is a small, uninhabited island in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is one of fourteen islands politically administered by the municipality of Carles. Along with Bantigui Island and Antonia Island, it is one of three minor southern islets in the Islas de Gigantes archipelago.

Location and geography

Cabugao is a small island northeast of the Panay Island coast in the Visayan Sea. It is 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) south of Gigantes Sur and is part of the Islas de Gigantes island group.[1] Cabugao is a widely photographed island in Isla de Gigantes and is often part of island-hopping tours of the archipelago. It features two white sand beaches that forms like a sandbar connecting two islets. There is a ₱20 per-person fee to visit the island.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Reuben Jacob Christman (1919). United States Coast Pilot, Philippine Islands, Part 1. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 221. Retrieved 30 June 2014.

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