Quiniluban
Quiniluban
The Quiniluban island group, in the extreme north of the Cuyo archipelago. |
Quiniluban map.jpg
The Quiniluban group (in red), in the Cuyo Archipelago. |
| Geography |
| Location |
Sulu Sea |
| Archipelago |
Quiniluban Island group |
| Highest elevation |
110 ft (34 m) |
| Country |
|
Philippines
|
| Region |
IV-B MIMAROPA |
| Province |
Palawan |
| Municipality |
Cuyo |
The Quiniluban are a group of islands, in the Cuyo Archipelago on Palawan in the Philippines. The group is surrounded by a circular reef of about 6 miles in diameter. The islands are made of limestone.[1]
The small island of Halog is located 2 miles to the east of the Quinibulan group.[2]
Quinibulan island, the largest of the Quinibulan group is located to the northeast of the group, and has a maximum height of 1010 feet (308 meters).[2]
Vegetation consists in a few trees and tall grass.[2]
Notes
- ^ "Quiniluban Group, the northernmost of the Cuyo Islands, consists of several islands and rocks on a circular reef about 6 miles in diameter. They are of limestone formation, have no permanent streams, and very little wood, but are covered with tall grass. They are sparsely inhabited, and there is some cultivation on the larger islands but they are of no commercial importance... Quiniluban, the largest of the group, lies near the northeast edge of the reef and rises to a height of 1010 feet ..." in United States coast pilot: Philippine islands: Vol.2 Reuben Jacob Christman, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - 1930 p.26
- ^ a b c "The channel between the reefs on which Quiniluban group and the Halog islands lie is 2 miles wide and free from danger, though there are several banks in it with depths of from 6 to 9 fathoms" in Eastern Archipelago pilot: Comprising the Philippine Islands (with the exception of the western coasts of Luzon and Palawan), Sulu Sea, Sulu Archipelago, and the north-east coast of Borneo, vol 1 Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept p.65