Pamalican

Pamalican Island

Location in the Cuyo Archipelago
Pamalican Island
Location within the Philippines
Geography
Coordinates 11°21′12″N 120°43′51″E / 11.35333°N 120.73083°E / 11.35333; 120.73083Coordinates: 11°21′12″N 120°43′51″E / 11.35333°N 120.73083°E / 11.35333; 120.73083
Archipelago Cuyo Archipelago
Adjacent bodies of water Sulu Sea
Administration
Region MIMAROPA
Province Palawan

Pamalican Island is a small island of the Cuyo Islands in the Sulu Sea, between Palawan and Panay, in the north part of the Palawan Province of the Philippines. The island is set in the middle of a 7-square-kilometre (2.7 sq mi) coral reef. It has a length of 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi), and measures only 500 metres (1,600 ft) at its widest point.

The island was originally exploited as a struggling family-owned plantation. It was then purchased by Andrés Soriano Jr., a successful businessman. His children then decided to build a resort on the island and leased the management responsibility to establish an exclusive resort. The island is private property and belongs in totality to 7 Seas Resort (owned by the Sorianos). It is part of the high-end resort group, Aman Resorts, under the name Amanpulo. About 40% of the employees are from the neighbouring Manamoc island. The resort has been nominated as one of the best island resorts in the world.

The island is serviced by a Dornier 228-202K plane flying from Manila, which is used to ferry customers and to bring supplies to the resort. Each bungalow (casita) comes with a personal buggy for free circulation throughout the island. The atmosphere around the island is extremely tranquil and secluded.

Diving activities are available, allowing for nice coral viewing and encounters with large turtles and rays. Several windsurf boards and sails are provided at the "Windsurf hut" on the north shore. The shallow protected lagoon there allows for easy windsurfing on a flat surface, and is especially favourable during the northern monsoon season (November to May), when the wind blows onshore.

Pamalican island with surrounding reef, from the air. On the horizon are visible the islands of Agutaya (left) and Cuyo (faintly, right)
The main beach on the southern shore of Pamalican











Weather

 Weather (1951-1985)
Month Rainfall
(mm)		 Rainy
days		 Cloudiness
(Octas)
Jan 13.2 2 5
Feb 2.5 1 5
Mar 8.2 1 4
Apr 44.1 3 4
May 187.3 13 6
Jun 376.2 20 7
Jul 437.7 22 7
Aug 409.7 21 8
Sep 375 20 7
Oct 272.1 17 6
Nov 148.2 9 6
Dec 51.1 4 6
Annual 2329.3 133 —

See also

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