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Island group

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Aerial view of Bantayan islands looking NE from above Yao islet: 8 Lipayran, 4 Doong, 1 Botique, 7 Hilutungan (at left}, 12 Panitugan, 10 Moambuc, 3 Byagayag Islands (Daku and Diot), Bantayan itself, 5 Hilantagaan (partly hidden by cloud), and distant Guintacan
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Bantayan is the main and largest island of the Bantayan island group that lies close to the geographical centre of the Philippine Islands archipelago.

The island group includes numerous smaller islands (some uninhabited / uninhabitable), mostly around the southwest corner of the island. About 20 of these islets stretch for about 8 kilometres (5 miles) southwest from Bantayan municipality port area, with some nearer ones being accessible on foot from the main island at low tide. The islands are beside the busy shipping lanes for ships and ferries coming from Mindanao or Cebu City on their way to Manila. The islands are all small and green and low, virtually indistinguishable one from another.

Some of the more notable are:[a]

1 Botique (or Botigues, Batquis)[b]
2704 100 ha 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi)
2 Botong[c]
3 Byagayag Islands (Daku & Diot)[d]
4 Doong[e]
2318
5 Hilantagaan (or Jicantangan, Jilantagaan, Cabalauan)
6 Hilantagaan Diot (or Silion, Pulo Diyot, Virgin island)
7 Hilutungan (or Hilotongan, Lutungan)[f][g]
2060
8 Lipayran[h]
3067 150 ha 2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi)
9 Mambacayao (or Mambacayao Daku)[h]
10 Moambuc (or Maamboc, Moamboc, Kangka Abong, Cangcabong)[d]
11 Panangatan (or Pintagan)
12 Panitugan (or Banitugan)
13 Patao (or Polopolo)[i]
14 Sagasay (or Sagasa, Tagasa)[d]
15 Silagon[d]
16 Yao Islet (or Mambacayao Diot)[h]
  • 'These Bantayan islets are numerous, and are all low and very small.' —Juan de Medina (1630)
  • Long low green island, about 3.9km distant. Two beaches can be made out.
    5 Hilantagaan Island seen from the Santa Fe–Hagnaya ferry (S)
  • Small low green island in blue sea, at about two km. One beach can be made out.
    6 Hilantagaan Dyot, brgy Hilantagaan, Santa Fe, seen from W.
  • Small low green island in blue sea, at about two km. Sun is setting directly behind island. In the foreground the tide has gone out. Several beachcombers are walking, several boats are beached.
    7 Sunset over Hilutungan, seen from E.
  • Small low green island in blue sea, at about 600 m, with several palm trees on top. To right prows of four bancas - local boats for fishing or diving.
    13 Patao island (or Polopolo) off Patao, Bantayan

In addition, Guintacan Island (or Kinatarkan, Batbatan) to the NE is part of Santa Fe municipality although it is not part of the Bantayan islands group.

  1. ^ Islands have several names, according to speaker's language. First name shown is as it appears on the NAMRIA topographical map.[1] Some of the smallest islands are not named on map.
  2. ^ Municipality: 072209005 Botigues
  3. ^ Municipality: 072209021 Sungko
  4. ^ a b c d Municipality: 072209023 Sulangan
  5. ^ Municipality: 072209007 Doong
  6. ^ Declared a "Tourist Zone and Marine Reserve under the administration and control of the Philippine Tourism Authority" by Presidential Proclamation 1801 of 1978
  7. ^ Municipality: 072209008 Hilotongan
  8. ^ a b c Municipality: 072209013 Lipayran Cite error: The named reference "Lipayran" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  9. ^ Municipality: 072209018 Patao
  1. ^ [Topographic Index Map 1:50,000 NTMS (National Topographic Map Series)] (Digitised map) (Map) (1 ed.). 1:50,000. Cartography by SPOT satellite imagery 1990 (Panchromatic) & 1987 (Multispectral) by SSC Satellitbild / S‑117 topographic maps by NAMRIA based on aerial photography. Fort Bonifacio, Manila: National Planning and Resource Information Authority. March 1995. § 3723‑I Madridejos and 3723‑III Bantayan. Retrieved 24 February 2013. {{cite map}}: Check |url= value (help); External link in |publisher= and |section= (help)
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