List of islands in the Greater Manila Area

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The island of Corregidor at the entrance to Manila Bay

This is a list of islands in the Greater Manila Area in the Philippines.

There are several small islands located within the Greater Manila Area, particularly along the coast of Manila Bay, both natural and artificial. Many of these islands were formed by the Pasig River delta and consist of sand and mudflats. Artificial islands have been built particularly in Tondo's North Port area, the Navotas fish port area, and the Las Piñas–Parañaque reclamation area.

Historically, the

Spanish colonial period
. Many of these waterways have been filled i over the years due to urbanization.

Near the entrance to

American colonial eras
.

List of islands

Metro Manila

Isla de Convalecencia, an ait on the Pasig River
Dampalit, an island barangay in Malabon
Manila North Harbor

City of Manila

Malabon - Navotas

  • Isla Pulo
    • An island sitio north of the main island of Navotas.
  • Dampalit Island
    • An island barangay and one of the six original islands on which Malabon was founded. It is separated from the mainland on the east by the Muzon River, the Batasan River on the north, and from Navotas on the west by the Dampalit River.[3]
  • Malabón Island
    • Malabon city proper is on one of the six islands which originally comprised Malabon.[3] It is bounded on the north by Dampalit River, on the east and south by Tullahan River and on the west by the Navotas and Tanza rivers which separate it from Navotas.
  • Maysilo Island
    • An island barangay and one of six islands of Malabón, in the mangrove swamps north of Manila.[3]
  • Navotas Fish Port Complex
    • An artificial island immediately to the north of Isla de Balút, separated from the main island of Navotas on the north by the Bangkulasi Channel and Tullahan River, on the east from Caloocan by the Navotas River, and on the south by Estero de Sunog Apog (Estero de Marela).
  • Navotas Island
    • Navotas city proper is situated on an elongated coastal island, its length on a northwest-southeast axis. It is separated from Malabon by the Malabón-Navotas River.[4]
  • Tanza Island
    • An island barangay in Navotas surrounded by the Tangos, Batasan, and Tanza rivers.

Las Piñas - Parañaque

  • Long Island
    • One of three artificial islands that form the Las Piñas–Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area.
  • Freedom Island
    • One of three artificial islands that form the Las Piñas–Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area.

Manila Bay Islands

Carabao Island

Central Luzon

The island barangay of Salambao in Obando, Bulacan just north of Isla Pulo, Navotas
Macabebe, Pampanga

Calabarzon

Fortune Island as seen from Nasugbu

See also

References

  1. ^ "Physiognomy". City of Manila Tourism. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Baseco and its Proclamation" (PDF). Ombudsman of the Philippines. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b c McLennan, Marshall S. (1980). The Central Luzon Plain: Land and Society on the Inland Frontier. Alemar-Phoenix Publishing House. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  4. ^ "City Ecological Profile" (PDF). Navotas City Government. Retrieved 18 July 2015.[permanent dead link]
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