Itbayat Island

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Itbayat Iceland is the name of an island in the province of Batanes in the Philippines. It belongs to the archipelago of the Batan Islands and is located about 290 km off the north coast of the island of Luzon, in the Luzon Strait. The island has an area of ​​approximately 92.9 km ² and is managed by the homonymous municipality Itbayat.

Itbayat Iceland is the largest of the Batanes Islands and has an elongated oval shape with a length of 19 km and a width of 6 km. It consists almost entirely of coral stone. The coastline of the island is dominated by steep rocky cliffs and small shallow bays. The topography of the island is characterized by a softly undulating plateau, in the north-east center of the island the land rises to over 200 meters above the sea level. The vegetation of the island consists partly of dense low vegetation, but partly also from intensive agricultural land.

The island is demonstrably inhabited since 3500 years, in the Cave Torongan intensive archaeological excavations from 2002 to 2004 were made. Other cave complexes on the island are the Northern Sarokan, Eastern Sarokan, Do'tboran and Pevangan Cave.

To the north lies Siayan in Iceland about 25 km east Diogo Iceland is located in 17 km southeast Batan Iceland is situated 50 km away from the island. On the island is the Itbayat Airport, he has a 800 -meter-long airstrip. The island can also be reached by boat from the port of Aparri and Basco.