Polillo Islands

{{Short description|Island group in Quezon, Philippines}}

{{Distinguish|Polillo Island}}

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| name = Polillo Islands

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| image_name = Polillo Islands S2.jpg

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| image_caption = Satellite image of the Polillo Islands

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| map_caption = Location within the Philippines

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| location = Philippine Sea

| coordinates = {{coord|14|51|N|122|04|E|type:isle_region:PH|display=inline,title}}

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| total_islands = 27

| major_islands = {{unbulleted list | Polillo | Patnanungan | Jomalig }}

| area_sqmi = 2.95

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| elevation_ft = 1150

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| highest_mount = Mount Malulod

| country = Philippines

| country_admin_divisions_title = Region

| country_admin_divisions = Calabarzon

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Province

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Quezon

| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Municipality

| country_admin_divisions_2 = {{unbulleted list | Polillo | Burdeos | Panukulan | Patnanungan | Jomalig }}

| country_largest_city_type = municipality

| country_largest_city = Polillo

| country_largest_city_population = 31,908

| population = 95,647

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/Calabarzon.pdf |title = Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010 |work = 2010 Census of Population and Housing |publisher = National Statistics Office |accessdate = 27 November 2013 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192321/http://www.census.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/Calabarzon.pdf |archivedate = 29 October 2013 }}

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The Polillo Islands is a group of about 27 islands in the Philippine Sea lying about {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the east of the Philippine island of Luzon. It is separated from the mainland Luzon Island by the Polillo Strait and forms the northern side of Lamon Bay. The islands are part of the province of Quezon in the Calabarzon region of the Philippines.{{cite web |title=The Ultimate Travel Guide to Polillo Group of Islands |url=https://polillotravelers.wordpress.com/2016/05/23/the-ultimate-travel-guide-to-polillo-group-of-islands/ |website=Polillo Travelers |date=23 May 2016 |accessdate=15 November 2020}}{{cite web |title=Polillo Islands |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/polillo-islands-iba-philippines |website=BirdLife International |accessdate=15 November 2020}} The combined land area of all the islands is about 875 square kilometers making Polillo islands even larger than the island city-state of Singapore.

Major islands

The three major islands are:

These islands comprise the towns of Polillo, Patnanungan, Jomalig, Panukulan and Burdeos.

The biggest Polillo Island is divided into three municipalities of Polillo, Burdeos, and Panukulan.

Burdeos Bay lies in between the islands of Patnanungan and Polillo

Polillo also includes the privately-owned resort island of Balesin, located further south in the middle of Lamon Bay.

Gallery

File:Kanaway Golden Beach at Jomalig Island.jpg|Kanaway beach in Jomalig

File:Golden Paradise of the South East.jpg|A beach in southeastern Jomalig

File:Blue and Green within.jpg|Lingayen Cove in Jomalig

File:Beach in Balesin.JPG|A beach in Balesin

File:St Tropez Village at Balesin Island.jpg|Themed accommodations at the Balesin Island Club

File:Balesin Island Club Beach 02.jpg|Resort grounds in Balesin

References

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