List of national parks of the Philippines

This is a list of national parks in the Philippines.

List of national parks in the Philippines.
Name Size Province Established Coordinates Category
Batanes
Batanes Protected landscapes and seascapes[a] various Batanes 1993 to
Batanes[c] 213,578 ha (824.63 sq mi) Batanes 1994 V
Luzon & Mindoro
Angono Triglyphs[a] 25 m (82 ft 0 in) by 3 m (9 ft 10 in) Angono, Rizal 1993
Apo Reef[c] 11,677 ha (45.09 sq mi) Mindoro Occidental 1996
Apo Reef[a] 3,400 ha (13 sq mi) Occidental Mindoro 2006
Apo Reef Natural Park[a] 15,792 ha (60.97 sq mi) Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro 1993
Kabayan Mummy Burial Caves[a] n/a Benguet 2006
Mount Arayat[b] 3,715 ha (14.34 sq mi) Pampanga 1933 V
Aurora Memorial[b] 5,676 ha (21.92 sq mi) Nueva Ecija 1937
Balbalasang-Balbalan[b] 1,338 ha (5.17 sq mi) Kalinga 1972
Biak-na-Bato National Park[1] 2,370 ha (9.2 sq mi) Bulucan 1989 II
Mount Bulusan[b] 3,673 ha (14.18 sq mi) Sorsogon 1935 II
Mount Banahaw[b] 3,539 ha (13.66 sq mi) Quezon 1941 II
Bataan[b] 23,668 ha (91.38 sq mi) Bataan 1945 IV
Mt. Calavite[b] 17,000 ha (66 sq mi) Mindoro Occidental 1920
Mount Data[b] 5,512 ha (21.28 sq mi) Mountain 1936 V
Hundred Islands[b] 1,676 ha (6.47 sq mi) Pangasinan 1979
Mounts Iglit-Baco[b] 75,445 ha (291.29 sq mi) Mindoro Occidental 1970 IV
Mount Isarog[b] 10,112 ha (39.04 sq mi) Camarines Sur 1938 II\
Masinloc and Oyon Bay Marine Reserve[c] 7,568 ha (29.22 sq mi) Zambales 1994 Ia
Mayon Volcano[b] 5,459 ha (21.08 sq mi) Albay 1938 III
Minasawa Island[b] 10 ha (0.039 sq mi) Quezon 1964
Naujan Lake[b] 21,655 ha (83.61 sq mi) Mindoro Oriental 1956 IV
Northern Sierra Madre[c] 319,513 ha (1,233.65 sq mi) Cagayan 1997 II
Palaui Island Marine Reserve[c] 7,415 ha (28.63 sq mi) Cagayan 1994 Ia
Mount Pulag[b] 11,550 ha (44.6 sq mi) Ifugao 1987
Quezon[b] 983 ha (3.80 sq mi) Quezon 1934
Penablanca[c] 4,136 ha (15.97 sq mi) Cagayan 1994 V
Taal Volcano[b] 4,537 ha (17.52 sq mi) Batangas 1967 III
Taal Volcano Protected landscape[a] n/a Batangas 2006 to III
Taal Volcano[c] 62,292 ha (240.51 sq mi) Batangas 1996 V
Tirad Pass[b] 6,320 ha (24.4 sq mi) Ilocos Sur 1938 III
Visayas
Apo island[c] 691 ha (2.67 sq mi) Negros Oriental 1996 V
Bulabog-Putian[b] 854 ha (3.30 sq mi) Panay 1961
Chocolate Hills Natural Monument[a] n/a Bohol 2006
Kanlaon Volcano[b] 24,558 ha (94.82 sq mi) Negros Occidental 1934 II
Lake Danao (Negros) 1,500 ha (5.8 sq mi) Negros Oriental 1967 IV
Lake Imelda (Leyte)[b] 2,047 ha (7.90 sq mi) Leyte 1967
Guiuan[c] 60,448 ha (233.39 sq mi) Samar 1994 V
Mount Guiting-Guiting[c] 15,265 ha (58.94 sq mi) Romblon 1996 II
Rajah Sikatuna[b] 9,023 ha (34.84 sq mi) Bohol 1987 IV
Sagay[c] 28,300 ha (109 sq mi) Negros del Norte 1995 V
Sohoton Natural Bridge[b] 840 ha (3.2 sq mi) Western Samar 1935
Mindanao
Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary[a] 14,835.989 ha (57.28207 sq mi) Agusan del Sur 2006 to
Agusan Marsh[c] 89,539 ha (345.71 sq mi) Agusan del Sur 1996 IV
Mount Apo and Mount Hamiguitan: Sanctuaries of Endemism in Mindanao[a] 64,053 ha (247.31 sq mi) Davao del Sur, North Cotabato, Davao Oriental, Davao City. 2008 to

and to
Ligawasan Marsh[a] 288,000 ha (1,110 sq mi) Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and Cotabato. 2006
The Maranao Settlement of Tugaya[a] n/a Lanao sel Sur 2006
Mount Apo[b][c] 72,113 ha (278.43 sq mi) Davao Del Sur, North Cotabato 1936 II
Basilan[b] 3,100 ha (12 sq mi) Basilan 1939 II
Butuan Archeological Sites[a] n/a Agusan del Norte 2006
Mount Kitanglad[b] 29,716 ha (114.73 sq mi) Bukidnon 1990 II
Mount Kitanglad[c] 29,617 ha (114.35 sq mi) Bukidnon 1996 II
Liguasan Marsh[b] 43,930 ha (169.6 sq mi) Maguindanao 1941 IV
Mount Malindang[b] 53,262 ha (205.65 sq mi) Misamis Occidental 1971 II
Mount Matutum[c] 15,600 ha (60 sq mi) South Cotabato 1995 V
Pujada Bay[c] 21,200 ha (82 sq mi) Davao Oriental 1994 V
Sarangani Bay[c] 215,950 ha (833.8 sq mi) South Cotabato 1996 V
Siargao[c] 278,914 ha (1,076.89 sq mi) Surigao del Norte 1996 V
Palawan
Coron Island Natural Biotic Area[a] n/a Palawan 2006 to
El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area[a] 36,000 ha (140 sq mi) land

54,000 ha (210 sq mi) marine waters

 Palawan 2006
St. Paul Subterranean River[b] 3,901 ha (15.06 sq mi) Palawan 1971 II
The Tabon Cave Complex and all of Lipuun[a] 104 ha (0.40 sq mi) Palawan 2006 to II
Ursula Island[b] 10 ha (0.039 sq mi) Palawan 1960
Marine Parks & Reserves
Tubbataha Reefs[b] 33,200 ha (128 sq mi) Sulu 1988 II
Taklong Island[b] 1,143 ha (4.41 sq mi) Panay Gulf 1990 V
Sulu
Turtle Islands Wildlife Sanctuary[a] 308 ha (1.19 sq mi) Sulu 2006
Other
Baroque Churches of the Philippines[a] n/a Cebu, Eastern Samar, Bohol, Siquijor, Isabela 2006
Jesuit Churches of the Philippines[a] n/a Guiwan, Samar; Maragondon, Cavite; Baclayon, Bohol; Loboc, Bohol 1993
Sources:
a UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Philippines, UNESCO
b National Parks and Reserves in the Philippines - Existing and Proposed, Bundok Philippines
c Parks - 1997 United Nations List of Protected Areas - Philippines, Bundok Philippines
Categories are International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) categories
I. Strict Nature Reserve/Scientific Reserve
II. National Park
III. Natural Monument/Natural Landmark
IV. Managed Nature Reserve/Wildlife Sanctuary
V. Protected Landscapes and Seascapes
VI. Resource Reserve
VII. Anthropological Reserve/Natural Biotic Area
VIII. Multiple Use Management Area/Managed Resource Area
View 1994 IUCN Protected Area Categories
View 1997 UN Protected Area List for Philippines

References

  1. ^ Carmela Reyes, Bulaceños want Biak-na-Bato declared a protected area (August 26, 2007), Philippine Daily Inquirer.