Cabugao (locally known as Cabugao Gamay and sometimes called Cabugao Daku or Cabugao Islet) is a small, uninhabited island in northeastern
Iloilo
Iloilo (), officially the Province of Iloilo ( hil, Kapuoran sang Iloilo; krj, Kapuoran kang Iloilo; tl, Lalawigan ng Iloilo), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is the City of Iloilo, the ...
,
Philippines
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. It is one of fourteen islands politically administered by the municipality of
Carles. Along with Bantigui Island and Antonia Island, it is one of three minor southern islets in the
Islas de Gigantes
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archipelago.
Location and geography
Cabugao is a small island northeast of the
Panay Island coast in the
Visayan Sea
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. It is south of Gigantes Sur and is part of the Islas de Gigantes island group.
Cabugao is a widely photographed island in Isla de Gigantes and is often part of island-hopping tours of the archipelago. It features two white sand beaches that forms like a sandbar connecting two islets. There is a per-person fee to visit the island.
See also
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List of islands in the Philippines
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Desert island
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Things to Do in Isla de Gigantes
Islands of Iloilo
Uninhabited islands of the Philippines
Beaches of the Philippines
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