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An island of reefs, small points and white sand beaches in the Philippine Sea, known as the surfing capital of the Philippines. It covers about 437 square kilometres and holds eight municipalities, among them Dapa, Del Carmen and General Luna. …
An uninhabited sandbar of white sand, 1.4 kilometres off the northern shore of Mambajao. It is roughly horseshoe shaped, but the tides keep changing its size and its form. There are no trees and no shelter of any kind on …
A short ferry across the gulf for beaches, a bat cave and resorts. The island is a city in its own right and part of Metro Davao, and it lies immediately off the Davao City coast in Davao Gulf.
A small island about 2 kilometres south-southeast of General Luna, shaped like a tear drop. It lies in the Philippine Sea, 780 kilometres southeast of Manila. It is a common stop for tourists on island-hopping boat trips.
The province's main island, Basilan Island, ranks as the largest and northernmost of the major islands of the Sulu Archipelago. It lies just off the southern coast of the Zamboanga Peninsula. Three main ethnic groups live on the island: the …
An island in the town of Siasi, in the chain of islands between Mindanao and Borneo. Women here weave colourful mats with intricate designs, and the island is known for them. Most residents live from fishing. The island is small …
Two islands in Illana Bay that share one name, told apart as Dako (big) and Gamay (small). Dao Dao Dako covers about a hectare and lies 7 to 10 minutes by motorboat from the city seaport. It has artificial coral …
A volcanic island off the southern tip of the province, in the municipality of Sarangani. Mount Balut stands at its centre, a fumarolic volcano with no eruption in the record, though the island is still counted as potentially active. The …
A Waray-speaking island at the north end of Surigao Strait, where the strait meets Leyte Gulf. It lies northwest of Dinagat Island and belongs to the municipality of Loreto. With the smaller Little Gibusong next to it, the island makes …
A low-lying island in the Sulu Sea with white coral-sand beaches, known locally as Pulo Baliudyong. It measures more than 500 metres across at its widest point and sits on an oval reef about 1.6 kilometres long. The island lies …
Off the coast of the municipality of Sarangani lies an island named Sarangani Island, within Davao Occidental province.
A small island in the Sulu Archipelago, off Sapa-Sapa, with what counts as the longest sandbar in the Philippines: the bar runs 3,128.37 metres. The island itself covers only 0.1 square kilometres and sits inside Basibuli Shoal. The beach is …
Off the coast of Isabela City lies Malamawi Island, in the province of Basilan.
An island barangay of Dapitan with white sand beaches and coral reefs, kept as a marine sanctuary. The island has no water source, so carry your own. Few people live there, and most of them sell fish to visitors.
A flat coral island of 78 hectares with white sand beaches, ringed by 70 hectares of reef and sandy areas. It is an island barangay of Dapitan, and 692 people lived there at the 2020 census. The island lies 12.9 …
An island with white sand beaches off Ipil, the capital and largest town of the province.
Long beaches of fine sand, wide mangrove forest and deep water full of sea life, on a 128 square kilometre island next to Siargao and on the northern side of the province. The island forms the municipality of Socorro, the …