Babuyan Island
Native name: Curuga Mabuyan | |
|---|---|
Babuyan Claro | |
| Administration | |
| Region | Cagayan Valley |
| Province | Cagayan |
| Municipality | Calayan |
| Barangay | Babuyan Claro |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 1,910 (2020)[3] |
| Pop. density | 19.1/km2 (49.5/sq mi) |
| Additional information | |
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Babuyan Island (sometimes called Babuyan Claro or Curuga Mabuyan, the clear-sighted) is the highest and northernmost
History
The language of Babuyan Island is sometimes classified as a dialect of Ivatan. Babuyan was depopulated by the Spanish and only repopulated at the end of the 19th century with families from Batan Island, most of them speakers of one of the Ivatan dialects.[5]
Geography
Babuyan Island lies about 27 mi (43 km) south-southwestward of
sugarloaf islet, called Pan de Azucar, close inshore.[6]
Volcanoes
Near the western point of the island is
Babuyan Claro, also known as Mount Pangasun, about 3,491 ft (1,064 m) high, between which the mountains are much lower, so that from a considerable distance eastward it appears as a round mountain with a detached hillock northward. There are three other volcanic cones with no historic eruptions on the island: Cayonan, Dionisio and Naydi.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Broad, Genevieve; Oliveros, Carl (2005). "Biodiversity and Conservation Priority Setting in the Babuyan Islands, Philippines" (PDF). Sylvatrop: The Technical Journal of Philippine Ecosystems and Natural Resources. 15 (1–2): 1–30.
- ^ a b "Babuyan Claro". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region II (Cagayan Valley)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Municipality/City: Calayan". Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) Interactive. Philippine Statistics Authority. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ^ Ross, Malcolm (2005). "The Batanic Languages in Relation to the Early History of the Malayo-Polynesian Subgroup of Austronesian" (PDF). Journal of Austronesian Studies. 1 (2): 1–24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
- ^ U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1919). United States Coast Pilot, Philippine Islands: Part 1: Luzon, Mindoro, and Visayas. Washington: Government Printing Office. pp. 41 – via Archive.org.