Fraile Rock

Fort Drum, also known as El Fraile Island, is a heavily fortified island situated at the mouth of in the , south of .
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: islet in the Philippines
  • Also known as: “El Fraile Island”, “El Fraile Rock”, “Fort Drum”, and “Fraile Island”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ternate.

Photo: Lawrence ruiz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality in , at the boundary with . Its name derives from the island of , one of the Spice Islands. Some of the Christianized natives from that island settled here after volunteering with the Spanish, who immediately left their garrison on .

Fraile Rock

Latitude
14.305° or 14° 18′ 18″ north
Longitude
120.63048° or 120° 37′ 50″ east
Open location code
7Q628J3J+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 53064146
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
1713928
Wiki­data ID
Q600734
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Satellite Map

Discover Fraile Rock from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tagalog—“Fraile Rock” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “El Fraile Island”
  • Central Bikol: “Fort Drum”
  • Central Bikol: “Isla nin El Frayle”
  • Central Bikol: “Isla nin Frayle”
  • Chinese: “德拉姆堡”
  • Czech: “Fort Drum”
  • Dutch: “Fort Drum”
  • French: “El Fraile”
  • French: “Fort Drum”
  • German: “El Fraile”
  • German: “Fort Drum”
  • Iloko: “El Fraile”
  • Japanese: “フォート・ドラム”
  • Malayalam: “ഫോർട്ട്‌ ഡ്രം”
  • Persian: “فورت درام (فیلیپین)”
  • Persian: “فورت درام”
  • Portuguese: “Forte Drum”
  • Slovenian: “El Fraile”
  • Slovenian: “Fort Drum”
  • Slovenian: “Pulo ng El Fraile”
  • Spanish: “Isla El Fraile”
  • Tagalog: “El Fraile”
  • Tagalog: “Isla El Fraile”
  • Tagalog: “Isla ng El Fraile”
  • Tagalog: “Pulo ng El Fraile”

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Highlights include Wilson Gun Battery and El Fraile Lighthouse.

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