West Philippine SeaPhilippines
13°45′N 120°15′E
Lubang Group of Islands
Part of Luzon
Lubang Island is the largest among the seven islands in the Lubang Group of Islands, an archipelago situated to the northwest of the northern tip of the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. It is positioned approximately 40 kilometers (25 mi) west of Calatagan, Batangas, or 117 kilometers (73 mi) southwest of Manila.
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Lubang Island is the largest among the seven islands in the Lubang Group of Islands, an archipelago situated to the northwest of the northern tip of the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. It is positioned approximately 40 kilometers (25 mi) west of Calatagan, Batangas, or 117 kilometers (73 mi) southwest of Manila. The Lubang Group of Islands is under the jurisdiction of the province of Occidental Mindoro and divided into two municipalities. The principal settlement is the town of Lubang, located at the northwest section and about 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) northwest of Tilik Port. The southeastern portion of the Lubang Island falls within the municipality of Looc, which also operates a port in a different area, specifically in Barangay Agkawayan. Lubang Group of Islands stands as a distinct geographical entity isolated from any landmass, rendering it biologically unique and also endangered.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands3
- Islets8
- Rocks & skerries8
Major islands
Lubang Island
- Area
- 195 km²
- High point
- 618 m
Lubang Island is the largest among the seven islands in the Lubang Group of Islands, an archipelago situated to the northwest of the northern tip of the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. It is positioned approximately 40 kilometers (25 mi) west of Calatagan, Batangas, or 117 kilometers (73 mi) southwest of Manila.
Ambil Island
- Area
- 28.8 km²
- High point
- 750 m
Ambil is an island barangay in the municipality of Looc, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. It covers the island of the same name along with the two other smaller outlying islands of Mandaui and Malavatuan to the northeast. One of Looc's nine barangays, Ambil had a population of 1,927 in the 2024 census.
Minor islands
Golo Island
- Area
- 21.4 km²
- High point
- 292 m
Cabra Island
- Area
- 9.6 km²
- High point
- 53 m
Mandaui
- Area
- 0.2 km²
- High point
- 77 m
Islets
- Malavatuan70 m · 0.08 km²
- Talinas Island32 m · 0.05 km²
- Talinawan Munti Island13 m · 0.9 ha
- Bolong Aygo Island12 m · 0.7 ha
- Unnamed island15 m · 0.5 ha
- Unnamed island5 m · 0.2 ha
- Unnamed island3 m · 0.2 ha
- Unnamed island0.1 ha
Rocks & skerries
- 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
- Ambil: 750 m
- Lubang: 618 m
- Golo: 292 m
- Mandaui: 77 m
- Malavatuan: 70 m
- Cabra: 53 m
- Talinas: 32 m
- Talinawan Munti: 13 m
- Bolong Aygo: 12 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Lubang Island | 195 km² |
| Ambil Island | 28.8 km² |
| Golo Island | 21.4 km² |
| Cabra Island | 9.6 km² |
| Mandaui | 0.2 km² |
| Malavatuan | 0.08 km² |
| Talinas Island | 0.05 km² |
| Talinawan Munti Island | 0.9 ha |
| Bolong Aygo Island | 0.7 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 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 |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Lubang Island Beach. Elmer B. Domingo / CC BY-SA 4.0