Apo Island is a small volcanic island, 7km off the southeastern tip of Negros Island in the Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Dauin, Negros Oriental. The marine habitat around the island is a marine reserve; protected by the National Integrated Protected Area Act (N.I.P.A.) and comes under the jurisdiction of the Protected Area Management Board (P.A.M.B.). Negros is an island of the Philippines located in the Visayas. ... Dauin is a 4th class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. ...

The Island is home to 750 people, mainly fisher folks and has since 2002 become a popular dive site and snorkeling destination with tourists. This article identifies popular recreational diving sites around the world and describes the features of a dive site. ... A snorkeler amid corals on a coral reef near Fiji. ...

Apo Island is one of the Worlds best known Community Organized Marine Sanctuary's, and as such it has been well documented, by the Global science community. The project was started in 1982. It is home to over 650 documented species of fish and estimated to have over 400 species of corals.

In 2003 the Shedd Aquarium, Chicago opened an estimated forty million US dollars exhibit, based around Apo Island as the centre attraction in its Wild Reef Exhibition. John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago in the United States is the largest indoor aquarium in the world. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...

The island is 20 kilometres from Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental and can be reached by a 30-minute boat ride from the fishing/market village of Malatapay, Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental. Dumaguete City is a city in the Philippine province of Negros Oriental. ... Zamboanguita is a 4th class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. ...

External links

• http://apoisland.com
• http://mozcom.com/~admsucrm/apo.htm
• http://www.tourism.gov.ph/explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=famousefor&province=41
• Virtual Reality Panoramas by Firefly.ph