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Busuanga Island

Island in the Calamian Group in the Philippines

Field	Value
name	Busuanga Island
image_name	Calamian Group locator map.PNG
image_size	175px
image_caption	Map showing the Calamian Group (in red) and Busuanga Island (in maroon)
map	Palawan
map_caption	Location within the Palawan
map_relief	yes
location	Mindoro Strait
coordinates
archipelago	Calamianes
waterbody
area_km2	890
elevation_ft	2034
highest_mount	Mount Dalara
country	Philippines
country_admin_divisions_title	Region
country_admin_divisions	Mimaropa
country_admin_divisions_title_1	Province
country_admin_divisions_1	Palawan
country_admin_divisions_title_2	Municipalities
country_admin_divisions_2
population	73,849 (as of 2015)
additional_info

Busuanga, is the largest island in the Calamian Group of islands in the province of Palawan in the Philippines. Busuanga Island is the second largest island in the province after Palawan island itself. The island is located halfway between the islands of Mindoro and Palawan with the South China Sea located to the west and the Sulu Sea to the southeast. South of the island are the two other major islands of the Calamian Group: Culion Island and Coron Island. The western third of the island is under the municipality of Busuanga and the eastern two-thirds belong to the municipality of Coron.

Busuanga Island is known as a recreational diving location due to World War II Japanese wrecks that were sunk by American navy bombings in Coron Bay, a natural anchorage near the town center of Coron, on September 24, 1944.

Geology

Part of the North Palawan Block, Busuanga Island consists mainly of the Liminangcong Formation, a Permian to Late Jurassic chert. This chert forms the distinguishing mountain ranges, with the Middle-Late Jurassic Guinlo Formation clastics forming the valleys on Busuanga. Busuanga was known for its tabular manganese deposits found within the chert sequence, 1 m thick and extending laterally up to 200 m. Braunite is the common manganese mineral type found in the ore.

Geology Gallery

Outcrop of the deformed Liminangcong chert formation in Busuanga, Palawan 02.jpg|An outcrop of deformed Liminangcong chert along the Coron-Busuanga road near the Marina del Sol yacht club Folded layers of bedded chert formation in Busuanga, Palawan 01.jpg|Close-up view of the folded layers of Liminangcong chert in Busuanga Bundok Dalara mula sa tuktok ng Bundok Tapyas, Bayan ng Coron, Isla ng Busuanga, Lalawigan ng Palawan.jpg|View of Mt. Dalara, the tallest mountain in Busuanga Island from Mt. Tapyas in Coron Town Highly deformed bedded cherts in Coron town, Busuanga (Lubos na naipit na mga batong tsert sa bayan ng Coron).jpg|Another outcrop of heavily-deformed Liminangcong chert in Guadalupe, Coron

References

(16 November 2021). "Wrecks of Coron Bay". Dive Magazine.
(January 2001). "The Malampaya Sound Group in the Calamian Islands, North Palawan Block (Philippines)".
(1958). "Origin of manganese deposits of Busuanga Island, Philippines, USGS Open-File Report 58-98". USGS.
(2007). "Radiolaria". Springer.
(2 April 1986). "Stratigraphy of Palawan Island, Philippines". Schweizerbart science publishers.

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