Pescador Island
Pescador Island is a small limestone island located in the Tañon Strait, a few kilometres from the western coast of the island of Cebu in the Philippines.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Basdiot barangay, Moalboal, Cebu, the Philippines
- Also known as: “Pescador”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pescador Island Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moalboal and Municipality of Alcantara.
Moalboal
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Moalboal is a small town on the south-west side of Cebu Island. The town sits at the base of a peninsula which runs north from there and has an assortment of tourist facilities — resorts, dive schools, bars and restaurants — along much of its west coast.
Municipality of Alcantara
Town
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Alcantara, officially the Municipality of Alcantara, is a municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 17,490 people. Municipality of Alcantara is situated 8 km northeast of Pescador Island.
Badian
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Badian, officially the Municipality of Badian, is a municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 43,735 people.
Pescador Island
- Categories: islet and landform
- Location: Cebu Province, Central Visayas, Visayas, Municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Pescador Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tagalog—“Pescador Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة بيسكادور”
- Cebuano: “Pescador Island”
- Cebuano: “Pescador”
- Cebuano: “Pulo sa Pescador”
- Chinese: “佩斯卡多爾島”
- Dutch: “Pescador Eiland”
- Dutch: “Pescador”
- German: “Pescador-Insel”
- German: “Pescador”
- Japanese: “ペスカドール”
- Japanese: “ペスカドール島”
- Spanish: “isla de Pescador”
- Spanish: “Isla Pescador”
- Spanish: “Pescador”
- Tagalog: “Isla ng Pescador”
- Tagalog: “Isla Pescador”
- Tagalog: “Pescador”
- Tagalog: “Pulo ng Pescador”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Basdiot and Poblacion West.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tongo Point and Badian Bay.
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