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The Catanduanes reefs harbor many endangered and threatened types of mollusks such as giant Triton, cowries, abalone, cone snails, conches, octopuses, squids, and nautiluses. Marine mammals are also reported to frequent on its eastern coasts such as species of dolphins and whales, which appear from March to June.
Poverty incidence of Viga 10 20 30 40 50 2006 40.30 2009 41.17 2012 39.40 2015 46.82 2018 29.05 2021 33.35 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Viga is an agricultural municipality, considered as the rice granary of the province. The two types of agricultural products raised are food and export crops. The food crops raised are palay, corn, banana and other root crops. The export crops are ...
Lagonoy Gulf is a large gulf in the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon island in the Philippines.It is separated from the Philippine Sea by the Caramoan Peninsula in the north; and is separated from Albay Gulf in the south by a chain of islands including Batan Island and Rapu-rapu Island.
Caramoran is located in the northern part of the island province of Catanduanes, 86 kilometres (53 mi) from the capital town of Virac. From Tabaco, Albay , it can be reached by chartering a small passenger/cargo motorboat direct to Caramoran, or commercial ferry services like the M/V Eugenia , Starferry , or the fast sea vessel M/V Calixta to ...
The Amazon Reef (also referred to as the Amazonian Reef) is an extensive coral and sponge reef system, located off the coast of French Guiana and northern Brazil. It is one of the largest reef systems in the world known to exist, with scientists estimating its length to be over 600 miles (970 km) long, and covering over 3,600 square miles ...
Location of the Philippine Sea. The Philippine Sea has the Philippines and Taiwan to the west, Japan to the north, the Marianas to the east and Palau to the south. Adjacent seas include the Celebes Sea which is separated by Mindanao and smaller islands to the south, the South China Sea which is separated by Philippines, and the East China Sea which is separated by the Ryukyu Islands.
The Philippine archipelago is one of the world's great reservoirs of biodiversity and endemism.The archipelago includes over 7000 islands, and a total land area of 300,780 km 2.
The feature has long been known to the people of Catanduanes as Kalipung-awan, which literally means “loneliness from an isolated place”, since the precolonial era. [4] [5] [6] Under the Philippine Sea lie a number of basins including the West Philippine Basin, inside of which is located the Central Basin Fault (CBF). [7]