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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 shipwrecks.
Coron is known for wreck diving Wreck dive sites are found in depths as shallow as 12 metres (39 ft) and as deep as 43 metres (141 ft). Wreck diving sites in Coron Bay include the Akitsushima, Irako, Kogyo Maru, Kyokuzan Maru, Okikawa Maru, Olympia Maru. [4]
Currently tourism is the top industry in Coron due to local beaches, dive sites, Lagoons and other natural tourist spots. [23] A dozen sunken Japanese warships at depths between 10 and 40 meters (33 and 131 ft) off Coron Island is a diving destination, [8] listed in Forbes Traveler Magazine’s top 10 best scuba diving sites in the world.
The western third of the island is under the municipality of Busuanga and the eastern two-thirds belong to the municipality of Coron. Busuanga Island is known as a recreational diving location due to World War II Japanese wrecks that were sunk by American navy bombings in Coron Bay, a natural anchorage near the town center of Coron, on ...
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. It is considered as one of the cleanest lakes in the country [2] and has been awarded the Presidential Fame of Award. [3]
Chindonan Island is located in Coron Bay, in Culion, province of Palawan, Philippines, [1] part of the Calamianes Group of Islands.The island has tropical forest with springs with drinkable freshwater, making it habitable.
Busuanga Island hosts the largest town, Coron, in the Calamian Islands. Coron Island is known for having the cleanest inland body of water in the Philippines, called Kayangan Lake . Calauit Island is known for hosting a number of endangered African animal species.
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