The Palaui Island Protected Landscape and Seascape is an island that is a

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and

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in the municipality of Santa Ana in

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. It is located off the northeastern extremity of

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Geography

Palaui Island lies off the northwestern part of a large

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in San Vicente, in the

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of Santa Ana,

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. It is at its longest and about at its widest and moderately high. The western shore of the island appears bold, but on the eastern side, a reef projects from its side for , the edge of it being from and extending around the small islet of Escucha, east of Palaui. The Dos Hermanos rocky islets lie off Cape Engaño, in the northern point of Palaui, and there are some rocks off the northeast point of the island, about eastward of the cape. Gran Laja island, a low rock islet surrounded by breakers, is one of the rocks located northeast off Palaui.U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. "United States Coast Pilot, Part 1", pp. 44-45. Washington Government Printing Office, 1919. At the southwest end of Palaui Island is Puerto Point, a high, wooded bluff. East of the point and south of Palaui is Rona Island, a low, wooded island with a white base of sand and rocks. Escucha Island is a high and wooded islet east of Palaui, and beyond Rona Island when seen from southwestward through the channel between Palaui Island and the mainland, where a few more islets are located.

Flora and fauna

Palaui Island was declared as a National Marine Reserve on August 28, 1994 encompassing an area of . The waters around the island boast of 21 commercial species of fishes with about of undisturbed corals. Palaui Island is a sanctuary for 90 migratory birds.

Tourism

Among the destinations in the Palaui is the northern point of the island is the Cape Engaño Lighthouse which is situated at Cape Engaño the northern point of the island and its beaches. The island is the tenth entry in CNN's World's 100 Best Beaches list which was published on May 13, which remarked the island's "raw beauty" On June 22, 2018, the Palaui Island Protected Landscape and Seascape was designated a national park through the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System (ENIPAS) Act or Republic Act No. 11038. In January 2019, the island won the

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(ASEAN) Community-Based Tourism Award for 2019-2021 "for promoting

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through the efforts of the island’s environmental group, the Palaui Environmental Protectors Association (PEPA)".

Transportation

The Port of San Vicente in the Cagayan mainland serves residents and tourist going to or departing from Palaui Island. Docking areas in Palaui is Punta Verde and the coastline of Engaño Cove.Moymoy (2007)
"Cape Engaño Lighthouse"
Waypointsdotph. Retrieved on 2011-04-10.

In popular culture

In 2013, it was used as the filming location for '' Survivor: Blood vs. Water'' and '' Survivor: Cagayan''.

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