Calamian Islands

The Calamian Islands or Calamianes are in province in the . They are located northeast of Palawan Island, across a straight from .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Coron and Busuanga Island.

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is a town in the province of on Busuanga Island. The area is famous for its World War II wreck diving, and the site has been named in many lists of top dive spots in the world.

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Busuanga is the largest Island of the Calamian archipelago in the northern part of province in the . Nice beaches, gentle landscape, good hiking and great diving make the island a good holiday destination.

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is an island in the Calamian Islands group at the north end of Palawan Province. There is also a town named .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Culion Island.

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is one of the Calamian Islands in Palawan Province of the Philippines. The main town is also called Culion. The municipality includes about 40 smaller islands. During much of the 20th century, Culion was a leper colony.

Calamian Islands

Latitude of center
12.0001° or 12° 0′ 0″ north
Longitude of center
120° east
Open­Street­Map ID
node 302034952
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1720670
Wiki­data ID
Q1026221
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Calamian Islands” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزر كالاميان”
  • Asturian: “Islles de Calamianes”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kalamian adaları”
  • Bulgarian: “Каламиан”
  • Catalan: “illes Calamian”
  • Cebuano: “Calamian Group”
  • Cebuano: “Kapupud-ang Calamian”
  • Central Bikol: “Kaislahan kan Calamian”
  • Chinese: “卡拉棉群島”
  • Czech: “Calamianské ostrovy”
  • Dutch: “Calamian eilanden”
  • Dutch: “Calamian-eilanden”
  • Dutch: “Calamianeilanden”
  • French: “Iles Calamian”
  • French: “îles Calamian”
  • French: “Îles Calamian”
  • German: “Calamian (Inselgruppe)”
  • German: “Calamian-Inseln”
  • Hebrew: “איי קלמיאן”
  • Iloko: “Is-isla Calamian”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Calamia”
  • Italian: “Calamian”
  • Italian: “Isole Calamian”
  • Japanese: “カラミアン諸島”
  • Korean: “칼라미안 제도”
  • Latvian: “Kalamjanas salas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kalamiano salos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Calamian-øyene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Calamianøyene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Calamianøyane”
  • Norwegian: “Calamianøyene”
  • Persian: “جزایر کالامیان”
  • Polish: “Calamian”
  • Russian: “Каламиан”
  • Russian: “Каламианские острова”
  • Slovak: “Calamianske ostrovy”
  • Spanish: “Islas Calamian”
  • Spanish: “Islas Calamianes”
  • Spanish: “Islas de Calamianes”
  • Swedish: “Calamianöarna”
  • Tagalog: “Calamianes”
  • Tagalog: “Kapuluan ng Calamian”
  • Tagalog: “Kapuluan ng Calamianes”
  • Tagalog: “Kapuluang Calamian”
  • Tagalog: “Kapuluang Calamianes”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Calamian”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Calamian Islands”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kapuropod-an Calamian”
  • Western Mari: “Каламиан ошмаотывлӓ”

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