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Coron Bay. Coron Bay is a well-known recreational diving region in the Sulu Sea in the western Philippines, between the islands of Coron and Busuanga in the Calamian Islands. Most of Coron Bay is in the Coron Island Protected Area and is a traditional fishing area of the indigenous Tagbanwa tribe. Coron Bay is famous for diving on ten Japanese ...
Coron Island. Coron is the third-largest island in the Calamian Islands in northern Palawan in the Philippines. The island is part of the larger municipality of the same name. It is about 170 nautical miles (310 km) southwest of Manila and is known for several Japanese shipwrecks of World War II vintage.
PSGC. 1705309000. IDD : area code. +63 (0)48. Native languages. Calamian Tagbanwa Kagayanen Palawano Tagalog. Coron, officially the Municipality of Coron (Tagalog: Bayan ng Coron), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 65,855 people.
Location. Coron Island. Coordinates. 11°57′15″N 120°13′27″E / 11.9541°N 120.2243°E / 11.9541; 120.2243. Max. depth. 10 m (33 ft) [1] Kayangan Lake is a brackish lake on Coron Island in the Philippines. Maintained by the local Tagbanwa people, the lake is one of the most popular tourist attractions on the island.
The Battle of Leyte Gulf [5] (Japanese: レイテ沖海戦, romanized: Reite oki Kaisen, lit. 'Leyte Open Sea Naval Battle', Filipino: Labanan sa Golpo ng Leyte) was the largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved.
Hiligaynon. Karay-a. Boracay ([bɔˈrakaɪ]; often locally shortened to Bora) is a resort island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, located 0.8 kilometers (0.50 mi) off the northwest coast of Panay island. It has a total land area of 10.32 square kilometers (3.98 sq mi), under the jurisdiction of three barangays in Malay, Aklan ...
Francisco B. Reyes Airport (IATA: USU, ICAO: RPVV), more commonly known as Busuanga Airport, is an airport serving the general area of Coron, located in Busuanga Island in the province of Palawan, Philippines. [2] It is also shared with the neighboring municipality of Busuanga, located on the western half of the island.
El Nido is situated in Bacuit Bay and covers a land area of 465.1 square kilometres (179.6 sq mi). [6] [11] It is in the northernmost tip of mainland Palawan and is bordered by the Linapacan Strait to the north, the Sulu Sea to the east, and the South China Sea to the west.