El Fraile Island
Fort Drum, also known as El Fraile Island, is a heavily fortified island situated at the mouth of Manila Bay in the Philippines, south of Corregidor Island.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Islet
- Description: islet in the Philippines
- Also known as: “El Fraile Rock”, “Fort Drum”, “Fraile Island”, and “Fraile Rock”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ternate.
Ternate
Photo: Lawrence ruiz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ternate is a municipality in Cavite, at the boundary with Batangas. Its name derives from the island of Ternate, 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 Ternate.
El Fraile Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Cavite, Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.305° or 14° 18′ 18″ northLongitude
120.63048° or 120° 37′ 50″ eastOpen location code
7Q628J3J+X5OpenStreetMap ID
way 53064146OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tagalog—“El Fraile Island” 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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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wilson Gun Battery and El Fraile Lighthouse.
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