Lubang Island

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Lubang is a Philippine island in the South China Sea, a marginal sea of ​​the Pacific Ocean. The island is 20 kilometers northeast of the island of Mindoro and 115 kilometers southwest of the Philippine capital Manila. In the waters off the island took place on September 16, 1646 instead of the fourth of the five naval battles of La Naval de Manila, which were received as a victory over the Netherlands in the history of the Philippines.

Geography

Lubang is of volcanic origin and densely forested. It forms with three nearby islands ( Ambil, Cabra and Golo ) and numerous smaller islets and rocks, the group of Lubang Islands. Lubang is hilly, about 30 km long and on average, some 8.5 km wide.

The eponymous capital of the island, Lubang, located in the northwest.

Curiosity

In the dense forests of Lubang for decades for missing soldier told Japanese Onoda Hiro was found in 1974, who had holed up there since the Pacific War ( 1937-1945 ). The man went to his discovery mistakenly assume the Second World War had not yet ended.