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  Albay
Lagonoy Gulf[?] borders the province to the northeast, separating it from the province of Catanduanes.
Burias Island[?] in the province Masbate can be found to the southwest across Burias Pass[?].
In 1846, the islands of Masbate, Ticao[?], and Burias[?] were separated from Albay to form the comandancia of Masbate.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/al/Albay.html   (530 words)

  
  Luzon - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
To the west of Luzon island is the South China Sea (or Luzon Sea in Philippine territorial waters), to the east is the Philippine Sea, and to the north are Luzon Strait, Babuyan Channel, and Balintang Channel.
The island group of Luzon encompasses Luzon island itself, plus the Batanes and Babuyan groups of islands to the north, and the islands of Catanduanes, Marinduque, Masbate, Romblon, Mindoro, and Palawan in the south.
To the south of the bay is the island of Marinduque.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Luzon   (1675 words)

  
 BICOL HISTORY
It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the northeast by the Lagonoy gulf, and on the west and southwest by the Burias Pass.
The Island, with a land area of 1,511.5 square kilometers and a population of 187,440 in 1990, is composed of 11 towns, with Virac as the capital.
The province is composed of one wedge-shaped mainland (Masbate), two major islands (Ticao and Burias), and fourteen small islands bounded on the north by the Bicol region, on the south by the Visayan Sea, on the west by the Sibuyan Sea on the east by the Burias Pass, Ticao Pass and Samar Sea.
www.geocities.com /bicol_macau/bicol.html   (4892 words)

  
 Masbate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The island province sprawls with verdant rolling hills and green landscape and rich aquatic reserve.
Ticao Island boasts of two sceninc waterfalls in Monreal town: The Tagoron Falls cascade down cliffs from a height of 18 meters into the sea and Catandayagan Falls is considered one of the most beautiful in the province; its high, single tier is surrounded by lush vegtation, wild animals and exotic flowers.
Burias Island cliffs and broad promontories on its east coast.
www.bicolweb.com.ph /~nso5/Provinces/Masbate.html   (737 words)

  
 WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Description   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The islands of Masbate were formed out of volcanic rocks over one hundred million years before man made his appearance in the tropical regions of the earth.
In each island, the rugged topography is concentrated in the northeastern portion and gradually recedes to blunt hills and rolling areas in the south, southeast, and southwest.
Burias and Ticao Island and the western and central parts of mainland Masbate are covered by a climate characterized by no very pronounced maximum rain period, with a short dry season.
www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=description&province=30   (446 words)

  
 About Masbate
The city domain is bounded on the northeast by Masbate Pass; on the southwest by the municipality of Milagros and on the northwest by a portion of Asid River and the municipalities of Milagros and Baleno.
It is connected by 41 kilometers national road to the municipality of Batuan whose barangay Burgos/Lagundi at the southern tip of the island serves as the landing seaport and entry/exit point for the passengers and cargoes from and to the mainland Masbate.
It is bounded on the north by the municipality of Monreal whose town center is 17 kilometers to San Jacinto, and on the southeast by San Fernando, with a distance of 13 kilometers.
www.masbateonline.com /masbate_21_towns.php   (3848 words)

  
 Masbate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Masbate is an island province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region.
The Masbate Pass separates the two islands of Burias and Ticao from the main island of Masbate.
The islands of the Sibuyan Sea were well known to the Spanish explorers of the sixteenth century.
en.wikipedia.org /?title=Masbate   (537 words)

  
 Burias
Burias (AG-69) was laid down on 11 February 1944 at New Orleans, La., by the Delta Shiphuilding Co., Inc., under a Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 2458) as Mollie Moore Davis; launched on 27 March 1944; sponsored by Mrs.
Burias took on board servicemen on their way home at Wakayama and got underway for the west coast on 10 November 1945.
Burias remained in Hawaii until March of 1947 at which time she was towed to San Francisco.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/b10/burias-i.htm   (456 words)

  
 List of islands
Note: Australia is generally considered to be a continental landmass, rather than an island.
If however one does count Australia among the islands it, not Greenland, would be the largest in the world (unless one also considered Antarctica an island).
Denmark has 405 named islands, of which 82 are inhabited.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/is/Islands_of_the_world.html   (311 words)

  
 Masbate
It is separated from Luzon by the Burias and Ticao Passes in the north, from Samar by the Samar Sea in the east, from Cebu and Panay by the Visayan Sea in the south and from Romblon by the Sibuyan Sea in the west.
On Ticao and Burias, Bicol is spoken by the residents.
The cattle breed found on the island was taken from herds in India that have flourished in the benign climate of the island.
www.moorej.com /philippines/masbate.htm   (1187 words)

  
 Philippine Islands
The island is of volcanic origin and lies to the south of Saint Thomas in the Charlotte Amalie harbor.
Water Island is a residential island, with a population of 161 (2000 census) and no significant commercial establishments.
From 1944 to 1950 the island was under the operation of the Department of Defense.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/156/philippine-islands.html   (976 words)

  
 Typhoon2000.com..::10 WORST TYPHOONS OF THE PHILIPPINES (A SUMMARY)..::
Naval in Biliran Is., coast of Esperanza, Masbate; Gigante Islands in Carles, Northern Iloilo; coastline of Roxas City, Sapi-an Bay and the rest of Capiz seacoast; Batan and the rest of Aklan; Sebaste, Northern Antique; Coron and Culion Islands of the Calamian Group.
Polillio Island was also ravaged as the storm headed west-northwest for the whole day with winds and rain unceasingly devastating everything in its path.
It then crossed Burias Island at dawn of November 26 and then wrecked Marinduque later that morning and then, creating havoc to Calapan and Puerto Galera in Oriental Mindoro destroying more houses and buildings including historic churches and basilicas in the densely populated province of Batangas.
www.maybagyo.com /stats/10WorstPhilippineTyphoons.htm   (3639 words)

  
 Marinduque Provinces Philippines Asia Regional
Friday was centered 35 kilometers (22 miles) off central Boac town between the islands of Mindoro and Marinduque, and was felt in outlying provinces as well as...
It was centered 35 km west of Boac town between the islands of Mindoro and Marinduque, and was felt in nearby provinces as well as in Manila, the agency said.
It was centered 35 kilometers (22 miles) west of Boac town between the islands of Mindoro and Marinduque, and was felt in nearby provinces as well as in Manila...
www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/Asia/Philippines/Provinces/Marinduque   (367 words)

  
 ANCOM 2001 - Tourist Spots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It lies between the main route south, the Manila-Tacloban highway and the sea lanes of Cebu and the Western Visayas, with three main islands; the Masbete mainland.
Ticao and Burias Masbate could be reached by air travel on board a Philippine Air Lines daily flight from Metro Manila in an hour and a half, or from Legazpi City in 35 minutes, twice a week.
The island was believed to have been occupied first by the Kalanay people who came from Indochina between 400 and 100 BC.
www.mayonlodge61.org /masbate.html   (604 words)

  
 :: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
It has several enchanting islands with glittering white sand and coconut tree-rimmed beaches, well-polished pebbles, crystal clear water, and rich marine life, which are ideal for swimming, sunbathing, windsurfing, snorkeling, and scuba diving.
Our island cruise continued on to Bongsanglay Mangrove Park where the main attraction is the biggest and oldest tree in the country.
A dilapidated stone church, which was built on Burias Island in 1569, is a mute legacy of Fray Alfonso Jimenez, who led the Spaniards in colonizing and Christianizing Masbate.
www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/07/16/TOUR2005071639632.html   (722 words)

  
 OVER SEAS July 2000: Masbate state of environment
As though to prove her incredible versatility, almost every island has developed species that are endemic - that is, they are peculiar to it alone and are duplicated nowhere else on earth.
The tragedy of our islands lies in the uniqueness, the irreplaceability of the species they have developed by the slow processes of the ages.
In a reasonable world, we would have treated these islands as precious possessions, as natural museums filled with a beautiful and curious works of creation, valuable beyond price because nowhere in the world are they duplicated.
www.oneocean.org /overseas/200007/masbate_state_of_environment.html   (1761 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Burias Island
Burias Island is one of the three major islands of Masbate Province in the Philippines.
The other two major Islands are Ticao Island and Masbate Island.
The Island has two municipalities, Claveria and San Pascual.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Burias_Island   (90 words)

  
 Manila Standard: The Future is Ours   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
LEGAZPI CITY — At least 5,000 passengers were stranded yesterday morning in various ports in Bicol as tropical storm Gilas continued to batter the region.
The Maritime Industry Association said most of the passengers were bound for the Visayas and the island provinces of Masbate and Catanduanes.
Close to 3,000 of those stranded were in Matnog port in Sorsogon, 480 in Masbate City, 395 in Tabaco City port, 300 in Pilar, and 30 in Bulan, Sorsogon.
www.manilastandardtoday.com /?page=news03_july18_2003   (204 words)

  
 Mirror with memory - Saving Ticao’s mantas
The program also seeks to empower partner institutions and residents as guardians and managers of their marine environment through an effective communication campaign and by helping the community develop alternative means of livelihood.
Then news of manta sightings in the area that would later on be called the Manta Bowl reached local and foreign divers - mostly Japanese - who started visiting the area to get a glimpse of the friendly creatures close to their hearts.
Mantas or devilfishes are found in temperate and tropical waters near continents and island groups of all oceans.
swordfish2.multiply.com /journal/item/2   (711 words)

  
 Ragay Gulf budgets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Ragay Gulf is located in the south-eastern part of Luzon Island (13.00°-14.00°N, 122.25°-123.40°E) (Figure 1).
At the mouth of the gulf is Burias Island, which effectively divides the mouth into two.
At depths greater than about 120 m, the gulf is separated from the ocean by a shallow sill (approximately 120 m), which extends from the northern tip of Burias Island to the southeastern tip of the Bondoc Peninsula.
data.ecology.su.se /MNODE/asia/Philippines/ragay/ragaybud.htm   (640 words)

  
 Swish of the Kris - 10. The Sulu Pirates
Sitanki Island, at the extreme southern tip of the Philippine group and only fourteen miles across the straits from Borneo, was one of the favorite posts of the pirates.
The main seat of the pirate activity was in the Samales group of islands south of Basilan Island.
Piracy was replaced by the smuggling which still persists in the islands of Sulu in spite of the stabilizing effect of thirty years of American occupation.
www.bakbakan.com /swishk/swk2-10.html   (2495 words)

  
 Offshore - Philippines Ragay Gulf geology similar to Palawan and Nido
The Philippine Islands are a colorful and complex area, both geologically and geographically.
Luzon Province, in the northern island chain, is believed to have oil and gas potential, but oil exploration is still a challenge.
The age and geologic column of the frontier Luzon Province area is similar to N.W. Palawan, because the islands share a related depositional and tectonic history.
www.offshore-mag.com /display_article/81012/ARCHI/none/Philippines_Ragay_Gulf_geology_similar_to_Palawan_and_Nido   (478 words)

  
 Welcome to Pesocard.Com - Always There For You!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The island of Masbatelies exactly at the center of the Philippine archipelago.
On the northwestern coast of the island is the Sibuyan Sea.
Masbate is composed of three main islands, namely; Masbate, Ticao and Burias.
www.pesocard.com /provinces/region5/masbate/history.html   (641 words)

  
 WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Things to Do   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hot-shaped island with stretches of white sand beaches.
Located in Burias Island, this enchanting place is ideal for sunbathing and swimming.
At Napayauan Island, the surrounding water is full of marine life.
www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=thingstodo&province=30   (604 words)

  
 Ferry services closed as typhoon bears down on Philippines - 9/27/06   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The storm is moving northwest at 13 kilometers per hour and is forecast to be over Daet town in Camarines Norte province by Thursday morning, PAGASA said.
The number of affected ferry passengers rose to about 3,400, the Office of the Civil Defense said in its report, as ferry services between Luzon and the central islands of Samar, Leyte, and Masbate were shut down by the coastguard on Tuesday.
This prompted the governor to seek helicopter support to rescue residents trapped on the island.
services.inq7.net /print/print.php?article_id=23371   (517 words)

  
 The Manta Network :: Save the Mantas
The body of water within the area of Burias island in Sorsogon, and Ticao island in Masbate is known as Ticao pass.
The Maldives islands are located to the south west of India and straddle the Indian Ocean stretching 539 miles north to.
Tourist islands with 5-star accommodation and swimsuit-clad guests co-exist with simple local islands nearby where life has changed very little in the past 50 years and fishing continues to be the main profession of the islanders.
www.mantas.org /index.php?name=News&catid=&topic=10   (7583 words)

  
 Ferry services closed as typhoon bears down on Philippines - 9/27/06   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The storm is moving northwest at 13 kilometers per hour and is forecast to be over Daet town in Camarines Norte province by Thursday morning, PAGASA said.
The number of affected ferry passengers rose to about 3,400, the Office of the Civil Defense said in its report, as ferry services between Luzon and the central islands of Samar, Leyte, and Masbate were shut down by the coastguard on Tuesday.
This prompted the governor to seek helicopter support to rescue residents trapped on the island.
services.inquirer.net /print/print.php?article_id=23371   (506 words)

  
 Swish of the Kris - 13. Stalemate in Mindanao
With joy the krismen flocked to his island rendezvous where preparations for the undertaking were in process.
It was not until 1803 that the British returned to re-occupy the island and then for a short period only, pending their permanent withdrawal from Sulu in 1805.
The pirate activity was further hampered by the construction of a strong fort at Isabela on Basilan Island.
www.bakbakan.com /swishk/swk2-13.html   (2156 words)

  
 New Unofficial Web Site of Maasin City, Southern Leyte, Philippines
Bacolod (December 14) -- Hundreds of pumpboat passengers for the island province of Guimaras became stranded last Saturday after the Philippine Coastguard canceled the trips to the island due to tropical storm Seniang.
It has maximum sustained winds of 110 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 140 kph and was moving west at 22 kph.
It hoisted signal number 1 over Catanduanes, Albay, Southern Mindoro, Burias Island, rest of Iloilo, rest of Antique, Guimaras, Cuyo Island, rest of Negros, rest of Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor, Surigao del Norte and Camiguin Island.
www.maasincity.com /news-archives/typhoon-seniang.htm   (355 words)

  
 The Family | Mga Bicolanong Maurag!!!
, and to the southwest is Burias Pass.
Lagonoy Gulf borders the province to the northeast, separating it from the province of
Positioned in the geographical center of the peninsula and the between the two island provinces of
www.freewebs.com /poist_q/albay.htm   (1342 words)

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