Lamon Bay

Lamon Bay
Lamon Bay
Location	CALABARZON
Coordinates	14°25′00″N 122°00′00″E / 14.4166667°N 122°E / 14.4166667; 122
Type	Shallow sea bay
Basin countries	Philippines
Max. length	225 km (140 mi)
Surface area	about 9,150 ha (22,600 acres)
Islands	Alabat, Balesin, Polillo, Cagbalete

Lamon Bay is a large bay in the southern part of Luzon island, Philippines, at 14°25′00″N 122°00′00″E / 14.4166667°N 122°E / 14.4166667; 122. It is a body of water connecting the southern part of Quezon province to the Pacific Ocean, and bounds the coastal towns of Atimonan, Gumaca, Plaridel, Lopez, Calauag, and the islands of Alabat. It is a rich fishing ground and the home of various living corals. Most parts of the bay consist of gray sand, some parts are filled with rocks, and other living corals. It is gradually sloping to the extend that, during low tide, the water level is low enough to allow one to walk as far as five hundred metres from the shore. The beaches in the towns of Gumaca and Plaridel are sandy and ideal for swimming. In some parts of the bay, about ten feet from the beach front, are living corals. The town of Lopez has the best colonies of corals which are located just about 15 minutes by boat from the shore. Lamon Bay is located at the southern part of Quezon.

Description

Lamon Bay in Gumaca

A large sea bay and island on the indented Pacific coast of Luzon, consisting of predominantly coral shore with pockets of intertidal mudflat and mangrove in the smaller bays. In many places, the nearshore corals have died and have been covered with silt to form sandy flats. The island of Alabat (33 km long) has an extensive mangrove fringe along its southwest shore, with several hundred hectares of intertidal mudflats exposed at low tide. Large portions of the original mangrove forest have been degraded or completely destroyed for the construction of fish and shrimp ponds. The average tidal rise and fall is about l.25m.^[1]

During the invasion of the Philippines in World War II, Japanese forces landed on three locations: Mauban, Plaridel (then Siain) and Atimonan.^[2] By Christmas Day, 1941 they were in Pagbilao where Palsabangon Bridge (Km. 143.332) was blown almost in the face of the pursuing Japanese.

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