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Cagayan, Philippines
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The Babuyan and Calayan Islands are a volcanic archipelago in the Babuyan Channel between northern Luzon and Batanes that belong to the province of Cagayan in northern Philippines. It is comprised of five major islands, four of which (Babuyan, Calayan, Dalupiri, and Camiguin) are administered by the municipality of Calayan, while the island of Fuga is administratively part of Aparri.
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An almost cylindrical active volcano with a height of that last erupted in 1917.
Mount Pangasun
The other active volcano in Babuyan Island, it is an massif that last erupted in 1924 and has two craters each measuring between .
A coastal grotto with a natural pool, accessible only during low tide.
An elevated lookout with views over the Babuyan Channel into neighboring islands. Nearby is a memorial to the Philippine Navy vessel BRP Datu Kalantiaw which ran aground on the island during a typhoon in 1981 with the loss of 79 sailors.
A hilly promontory jutting southwards and ringed by high and rocky cliffs. There is a lighthouse on the site.
A white-sand beach.
Another coastal grotto with a natural pool and rock formations.
A white-sand beach on the northern side of Calayan Island.
An uninhabited islet off the northern coast of Calayan Island visited by game-fishers.
A cascade.
Calayan Church
The main Roman Catholic church in Calayan.
A small volcanic island with an elevation of that repeatedly erupted out of the ocean and sunk before definitively emerging into dry land since an eruption in 1952. It is the most active of the islands' volcanoes and there are tight restrictions on approaching the island, although some who have managed to step on its shores describe the ground as being hot enough to cook a fish on.
Mount Camiguin
An active volcano on the southern tip of Camiguin Island that last erupted in 1857.
A stretch of white-sand beach around a sheltered cove at the western side of the island.
An islet facing Naguilian Beach with its own white-sand beach.
A white-sand stretch on the southwestern side of the island.
The highest peak in the island at .
The ruins of a Spanish-era church.
A stretch of white-sand beach on the western side of Fuga Island.
A restaurant serving rice noodle soup (miki).
A coffee shop that also serves rice meals.
A homestay.
A homestay.
There is no public transport in the islands and very little to no cars or any larger vehicle. Expect to ride motorcycles, tuktuks or the buggy known locally as kuliglig instead.
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