Taklong Island

Taklong Island
Geography
Beach on Taklong Island
Taklong Island Location within the Philippines
Coordinates	10°24′24″N 122°30′39″E / 10.40667°N 122.51083°E / 10.40667; 122.51083Coordinates: 10°24′24″N 122°30′39″E / 10.40667°N 122.51083°E / 10.40667; 122.51083
Adjacent bodies of water	Panay Gulf
Administration
Philippines
Region	Western Visayas
Province	Guimaras
Municipality	Nueva Valencia

Taklong Island is the main island of the Taklong Island National Marine Reserve located in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras and off southern end of the island of Guimaras, in the West Visayas of the Philippines. It has a marine research lab of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) based in nearby Iloilo Province. The only population on the island is one family who are employed as caretakers on the island. There are also UPV staff, such as security guards, who rotate on and off the island. It was affected by the Guimaras Oil Spill.

Beach on Taklong Island with pump boat and rock outcropping.

External links

Media related to Taklong Island at Wikimedia Commons
Taklong Island at OpenStreetMap

Protected areas in Western Visayas

National parks	Bulabog Putian

Natural parks	Northwest Panay Peninsula Sibalom

Marine reserves	Taklong Island

Watershed forest reserves	Aklan River Dalanas River Jalaur River Maasin Panay River

Protected areas of the Philippines

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