Balabac Island
Balabac Island is the southernmost island of Palawan province, and therefore the westernmost undisputed island in the Philippines, some 50 km north of Sabah, Malaysia, across the Balabac Strait.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Philippines
- Also known as: “Balabac”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balabac.
Balabac
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Balabac is a second-class municipality in the southern tip of Palawan consisting of 32 islands. Being the westernmost point of the country, it is closer to Sabah than the rest of the Philippines, with only the Sabah Strait separating the municipality from its neighboring country.
Balabac Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Palawan, Mimaropa, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Western Mari—“Balabac Island” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Balabac”
- Arabic: “جزيرة بالاباك”
- Cebuano: “Balabac Island”
- Cebuano: “Balabac”
- Cebuano: “Pulo sa Balabac”
- Chinese: “Balabac Tó”
- Chinese: “巴拉巴克”
- Chinese: “巴拉巴克岛”
- Dutch: “Balabac”
- French: “Balabac”
- German: “Balabac-Insel”
- German: “Balabac”
- Iloko: “Balabac”
- Iloko: “Isla Balabac”
- Indonesian: “Balabac”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Balabac”
- Italian: “Balabac”
- Japanese: “バラバク”
- Japanese: “バラバク島”
- Lithuanian: “Balabakas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Balabac Tó”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Balabac”
- Papiamento: “Balabac”
- Persian: “بالاباک”
- Persian: “جزیره بالاباک”
- Polish: “Balabac”
- Portuguese: “Balabac”
- Spanish: “Balabac”
- Spanish: “isla de Balabac”
- Spanish: “Isla de Balábac”
- Tagalog: “Balabac”
- Tagalog: “Isla Balabac”
- Tagalog: “Isla ng Balabac”
- Tagalog: “Pulo ng Balabac”
- Western Mari: “Балабак”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Balabac Peak and Almirante Gil Hill.
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