Balbagon Island

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Balbagon
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Balbagon
Location within the Philippines
Geography
Coordinates 11°34′59″N123°16′48″E / 11.58306°N 123.28000°E / 11.58306; 123.28000 Coordinates: 11°34′59″N123°16′48″E / 11.58306°N 123.28000°E / 11.58306; 123.28000
Adjacent bodies of water
Area42 ha (100 acres) [1]
Length1.5 km (0.93 mi) [1]
Highest elevation3 m (10 ft) [2]
Administration
Philippines
Region Western Visayas
Province Iloilo
Municipality Carles
Barangay Lantangan

Balbagon is a teardrop-shaped island in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is one of fourteen islands politically administered by the municipality of Carles. There is a small beach resort on the island.

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Location and geography

Balbagon is a narrow, low-lying wooded island northeast of the Panay Island coast in the Visayan Sea. It is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of Gigantes Sur and directly west of Nabunot Island. [2] Balbagon is part of barangay Lantangan, on Gigantes Sur. The Coral Cay Beach Resort is on Balbagon and is accessible from Gigantes Sur. [3]

Two minor islands lie east and south of Balbagon. Ojastras Islet is a small cay 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of Balbagon, while Turnina Islet is 0.75 miles (1.21 km) to the east. [4] Shoal spits connect both islets to Balbagon. [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Balbagon Island". Mapcarta. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  3. "Municipality of Carles, Brief History" . Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  4. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Reuben Jacob Christman (1919). United States Coast Pilot, Philippine Islands, Part 1. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 220. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  5. "Sailing Directions (Enroute) Philippine Islands" (PDF). National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2008. p. 93. Retrieved 1 July 2014.