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Archipelago

    Balintang ChannelPhilippines

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    Babuyan Islands

    Part of Luzon

    The Babuyan Islands ( bah-bə-YAHN), also known as the Babuyan Group of Islands, is an archipelago in the Philippines, located in the Luzon Strait north of the main island of Luzon and south of Taiwan. The archipelago consists of five major islands and their surrounding smaller islands.

    Babuyan Islands

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    28 landforms

    Overview

    The Babuyan Islands ( bah-bə-YAHN), also known as the Babuyan Group of Islands, is an archipelago in the Philippines, located in the Luzon Strait north of the main island of Luzon and south of Taiwan. The archipelago consists of five major islands and their surrounding smaller islands. These main islands are, counterclockwise starting from northeast, Babuyan, Calayan, Dalupiri, Fuga, and Camiguin. The Babuyan Islands are separated from Luzon by the Babuyan Channel, and from the province of Batanes to the north by the Balintang Channel.

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    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands4
    • Minor islands7
    • Islets8
    • Rocks & skerries9

    Major islands

    4
    • Fuga Island

      Fuga Island

      Area
      95.6 km²
      High point
      191 m

      Fuga Island is an island and barangay located north of Luzon and is part of the Babuyan Islands, which is the second-northernmost island group of the Philippines. Barangay Fuga Island is one of the 42 barangays under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Aparri in the province of Cagayan.

    • Babuyan Island

      Babuyan Island

      Area
      73.2 km²
      High point
      1,070 m

      Babuyan Island (sometimes called Babuyan Claro or Curuga Mabuyan, the clear-sighted) is the highest and northernmost island in the Babuyan Islands in Luzon Strait north of Luzon Island in the Philippines and also directly south of Taiwan via Bashi Channel to Luzon Strait.

    • Calayan Island

      Area
      192 km²
      High point
      543 m

      Calayan Island is located about 24 miles (21 nmi; 39 km) west-southwest of Babuyan Island off the north coast of the Philippines and belongs to the Babuyan Islands group in the Luzon Strait. The island is hemmed between Aparri and Batanes islands and it is larger than the Fuga Island, which is 25 miles (40 km) away.

    • Dalupiri Island

      Area
      64.3 km²
      High point
      275 m

      Dalupiri Island is an island in the Babuyan Islands in Luzon Strait north of Luzon Island in the Philippines. The whole island makes up the barangay of Dalupiri, which is part of the municipality of Calayan in Cagayan province, which had 621 inhabitants in 2020, up from 611 in 2010.

    Minor islands

    7

    Islets

    8
    • Pinon Island18 m · 0.04 km²
    • Unnamed island0.9 ha
    • Unnamed island5 m · 0.4 ha
    • Unnamed island2 m · 0.4 ha
    • Unnamed island0.3 ha
    • Unnamed island3 m · 0.2 ha
    • Unnamed island0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island22 m · 0.1 ha

    Rocks & skerries

    9
    • Cuminichiray Rock8 m · 0.7 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha

    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level500 m1,000 m1,500 m1,070 mBabuyan800 mCamiguin543 mCalayan275 mDalupiri228 mDidica Volcano210 mPamoctan191 mFuga151 mPanuitan35 mBarit27 mIrao18 mPinon16 mMabaag8 mCuminichiray Rock
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.000010.00010.0010.010.11101001,000Calayan: 192 km²CalayanCamiguin: 168 km²CamiguinFuga: 95.6 km²FugaBabuyan: 73.2 km²BabuyanDalupiri: 64.3 km²DalupiriBarit: 4.5 km²BaritPanuitan: 2.6 km²PanuitanMabaag: 0.95 km²MabaagPamoctan: 0.79 km²PamoctanDidica Volcano: 0.61 km²Didica VolcanoIrao: 0.21 km²IraoPinon: 0.04 km²PinonUnnamed island: 0.9 haUnnamed islandCuminichiray Rock: 0.7 haCuminichiray RockUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.3 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed island
    km², log scale
    Calayan Island192 km²
    Camiguin Island168 km²
    Fuga Island95.6 km²
    Babuyan Island73.2 km²
    Dalupiri Island64.3 km²
    Barit4.5 km²
    Panuitan Island2.6 km²
    Mabaag Island0.95 km²
    Pamoctan Island0.79 km²
    Didica Volcano0.61 km²
    Irao Island0.21 km²
    Pinon Island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.9 ha
    Cuminichiray Rock0.7 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.3 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Talus
    • Wikipedia

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