Chindonan Island is located in Coron Bay, in

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, part of the Calamianes Group of Islands. The island has tropical forest with springs with drinkable freshwater, making it habitable. Surrounded by more than of coral reefs and several

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shipwrecks, it is attractive to scuba divers.

Fauna

The island has parrots, kingfishers, eagles and many other birds.

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s are found in the dense

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that surrounds parts of the island.

References

{{reflist Calamian Islands