Balbagon Island
{{Short description|Philippine island in Iloilo}}
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| archipelago = Islas de Gigantes
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| country_admin_divisions = Western Visayas
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Province
| country_admin_divisions_1 = Iloilo
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Municipality
| country_admin_divisions_2 = Carles
| country_admin_divisions_title_3 = Barangay
| country_admin_divisions_3 = Lantangan
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Balbagon is a teardrop-shaped island in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is one of fourteen islands politically administered by the municipality of Carles. There is a small beach resort on the island.
Location and geography
Balbagon is a narrow, low-lying wooded island northeast of the Panay Island coast in the Visayan Sea. It is {{convert|6|km}} west of Gigantes Sur and directly west of Nabunot Island. Balbagon is part of barangay Lantangan, on Gigantes Sur. The Coral Cay Beach Resort is on Balbagon and is accessible from Gigantes Sur.{{cite web|title=Municipality of Carles, Brief History|url=http://www.oocities.org/dost6/iloilo/carles.html|accessdate=30 June 2014}}
Two minor islands lie east and south of Balbagon. Ojastras Islet is a small cay {{convert|0.5|mi}} south of Balbagon, while Turnina Islet is {{convert|0.75|mi}} to the east.{{cite book|author1=U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Reuben Jacob Christman|title=United States Coast Pilot, Philippine Islands, Part 1|date=1919|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=220|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0clBAAAAIAAJ&q=bayas+island+estancia|accessdate=30 June 2014}} Shoal spits connect both islets to Balbagon.{{cite web|title=Sailing Directions (Enroute) Philippine Islands|url=http://www.pendragon2.50webs.com/cruising-guides/162-phillipines-2008.pdf|publisher=National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|accessdate=1 July 2014|page=93|year=2008}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/69094954 Balbagon Island] at OpenStreetMap
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