La Monja Island

Coordinates: 14°22′32″N 120°31′19″E / 14.37556°N 120.52194°E / 14.37556; 120.52194
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La Monja Island
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Geography
LocationManila Bay
Coordinates14°22′32″N 120°31′19″E / 14.37556°N 120.52194°E / 14.37556; 120.52194
Adjacent toSouth China Sea
Administration
RegionCalabarzon
ProvinceCavite
CityCavite City
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

La Monja Island (also Monja Island;

Mariveles, Bataan, and 6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi) west from Corregidor lighthouse.[1]
It has remained untouched compared to other nearby islands, which have been used as military installations over the past four centuries.

History

On 18 May 2012, a pilot and co-pilot were killed when an

Aermacchi SF.260 plane belonging to the Philippine Air Force crashed close to the island.[2]

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