Taklong Island

Taklong Island

Beach on Taklong Island
Taklong Island
Location within the Philippines
Geography
Coordinates 10°24′24″N 122°30′39″E / 10.40667°N 122.51083°E / 10.40667; 122.51083Coordinates: 10°24′24″N 122°30′39″E / 10.40667°N 122.51083°E / 10.40667; 122.51083
Adjacent bodies of water Panay Gulf
Administration
Region Western Visayas
Province Guimaras
Municipality Nueva Valencia

Taklong Island is the main island of the Taklong Island National Marine Reserve located in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras, off the southern end of the island of Guimaras, in the West Visayas of the Philippines. It has a marine research lab run by the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) of nearby Iloilo Province. The only population on the island is the one family employed as caretakers of the island. There are also UPV staff, including the security guards who rotate on and off the island.

Takong Island was affected by the Guimaras Oil Spill of 2006.

Beach on Taklong Island with pump boat and rock outcropping.
This is the view from the front beach of Taklong Island.
The dock through the mangroves at the back of the island. This is the preferred dock when the sea is rough.
The Banago area sandbar is one of the two sandbars in Taklong island that connects two adjacent islands or islets.


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