Manlot (historically Labno Islet) is an island-barangay in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is one of fourteen islands politically administered by the municipality of Carles.
Location and geography
Manlot is a small wooded island northeast of the
Panay
Panay is the sixth-largest and fourth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of and has a total population of 4,542,926 as of 2020 census. Panay comprises 4.4 percent of the entire population of the country. The City o ...
Island coast in the Visayan Sea. It is southeast of
Himamylan Island
Himamylan (historically Himamylan Islet) is an uninhabited island in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is one of fourteen islands politically administered by the municipality of Carles.
Location and geography
Himamylan is a small island no ...
and directly west of
Calagnaan Island
Calagnaan (also Calagna-an) is an island in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is one of fourteen islands politically administered by the municipality of Carles. The population of the island is 5,017 as of 2020 census.
Location and geography ...
. The body of water between Calagnaan and nearby
Binuluangan Island
Binuluangan (historically Balin) is an inhabited island-barangay in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is one of fourteen islands politically administered by the municipality of Carles. In 2010 it had a population of 1,682. There is an element ...
is known as the Nilidlaran Pass, which is divided into two narrow channels by Manlot. Although a part of Carles, Manlot is a quick 15 minute
pumpboat ride from
Estancia
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While the island belongs to the Manlot barangay, which is politically administered by Carles, Manlot island is privately owned by the Matta family.
Natural disasters
Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded. On making landfall, Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines. It is one of the ...
(locally known as ''Yolanda'') passed over Manlot, along with the rest of Panay, on November 8, 2013. The typhoon beached a ship on the island.
See also
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List of islands in the Philippines
The islands of the Philippines, also known as the Philippine Archipelago, comprises about 7,641 islands, of which only about 2,000 are inhabited.[List of islands
This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water
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Desert island
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References
External links
Manlot Island on YouTube
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Islands of Iloilo
Barangays of Iloilo
Uninhabited islands of the Philippines
Private islands of the Philippines