Cuyo Archipelago

The Cuyo Archipelago is an island group in the Philippines. The group of over 45 islands located east of the island of Palawan in the northern Sulu Sea. The island group shares the Sulu Sea in this area in the Cuyo Cuyo East and West Passage, both of which are important sea lanes for shipping from Southeast Asia to China, Taiwan and Japan. The complete archipelago belongs to the administrative region of MIMAROPA. To manage the archipelago three municipalities were established: Cuyo, Agutaya and Magsaysay, all of the province of Palawan belong.

The archipelago is divided into the northern Quiniluban group and the southern Cuyo Islands. The largest island of the archipelago is Cuyo Iceland, lies on her the highest elevation of the island group of the Mount Bombon. It rises about 77 meters above the sea level and is an inactive volcano. Other well-known islands of the archipelago are Agutaya, Carnasa, Pamilican, Tinituan, Manamoc, Halog, Did, Taytay and Oco Iceland.

The Cuyo archipelago was colonized only in the middle of the 17th century by the Spanish, dates from this time, the 1683 completed Cuyo Fort It was used to control the trade routes and protecting against the Moropiraten

In the archipelago there are numerous coral reefs and seagrass beds. The vegetation consists of dense tropical vegetation on the larger islands. On some islands, nesting colonies of greater Weißnestsalangane ( Aerodramus fuciphagus ).

Can be reached the islands via the ports of northern Palawan and the west coast of Panay. The transport is handled by larger native outrigger boats. The crossing of Northern Palawan and Panay takes about 12 to 15 hours, depending on weather conditions and target.

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Manamoc Iceland

Pamalican Iceland.

Agutaya Iceland and the narrow Oco Iceland in the foreground