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Encyclopedia > Babuyan Islands

The Babuyan Islands is an archipelago located in the Luzon Strait and north of Luzon island in the Philippines. It is separated from Luzon by the Babuyan Channel and from the Batanes Islands up north by the Balintang Channel. An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ... The Luzon Strait is a strait connecting the Philippine Sea, in the western Pacific, to the South China Sea, between Taiwan and Luzon in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzón, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... Batanes is the northernmost and the smallest province of the Philippines, both in terms of population and land area. ... The Balintang Channel is the small waterway that seperates the Batanes and Babuyan Islands in the Luzon Strait, both of whom belong to the Philippines. ...


The Babuyan Islands consist of five major islands: Babuyan, Calayan, Camiguin, Dalupiri, and Fuga. Note that the Camiguin island here is different from the island-province of Camiguin in Mindanao. Calayan is an island in the Philippines, one of the Babuyan Islands in the Luzon Strait north of Luzon island. ... Camiguin is a small island province of the Philippines in the Northern Mindanao region. ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ...


Politically, the Babuyan Islands are part of the Philippine province of Cagayan. Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Cagayan is a province of the Philippines in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. ...


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Babuyan - MSN Encarta (149 words)
The Babuyan Islands form an archipelago located in the Luzon Strait north of Luzon island in the Philippines.
Babuyan, island group in the northern Philippines, forming part of Cagayan Province, in Luzon Strait.
The Babuyan islands are separated from Luzon Island by Babuyan Channel.
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