Nature reserve · Palawan
Tubbataha Reef
Two coral atolls and a smaller reef in the middle of the Sulu Sea, 150 kilometres southeast of Puerto Princesa. The park covers 97,030 hectares, and UNESCO listed it as a World Heritage Site in 1993.
One wall of coral drops 100 metres straight down, with wide lagoons and two coral islands beside it. Counts here run to 600 fish species, 360 coral species, 11 kinds of shark and 13 kinds of dolphin and whale, and North Islet is a nesting site for birds and for hawksbill and green sea turtles. The reefs are uninhabited and belong to the island municipality of Cagayancillo, about 130 kilometres to the northeast.
- Where
- Cagayancillo
- Town
- Palawan
Written by an editor · 22 Sep 2026 · source: Wikipedia, Tubbataha Reef