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__NOTOC__ White Island is an uninhabited white
sandbar In oceanography, geomorphology, and Earth science, geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank (geography), bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material and rises from the bed of a body o ...
located about off the northern shore of
Mambajao Mambajao, officially the Municipality of Mambajao, is a 3rd class municipality of the Philippines, municipality and capital of the Philippine Province, province of Camiguin, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,09 ...
in the volcanic island of
Camiguin Camiguin, officially the Province of Camiguin ( ceb, Probinsya sa Camiguin; tl, Lalawigan ng Camiguin; Kamigin: ''Probinsya ta Kamigin''), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about off the northern coast of Min ...
in the
Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
. The island is generally horseshoe shaped, although the tides constantly resize and reshape its exact form. There are no trees or shelter of any kind, and it is composed solely of white sands.


Accessibility

White Island attracts thousands of tourists every year. The island can be accessed from
Barangay A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan ...
Agoho or Brgy. Yumbing in Mambajao about west of the
poblacion ''Poblacion'' (literally "town" or "settlement" in Spanish; ) is the common term used for the administrative center, central, downtown, old town or central business district area of a Philippine city or municipality, which may take up the ...
or town center. Small boats can be hired from any of the beachfront resorts that face the island."White Island"
Visayan Silent Gardens. Retrieved on 2011-08-04.


Gallery

File:Hibok-hibok Volcano and Mt. Vulcan.jpg, Hibok-hibok Volcano and in the background as seen from White Island File:Outrigger Camiguin Philippines.jpg, An outrigger canoe over the clear waters of White Island File:Camiguin island coastline.jpg, White Island coastline


See also

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List of islands of 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 A body of water or waterbody (often spelled water body) is any significant accumulation of water on the surface of Earth or another plane ...
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Desert island A desert island, deserted island, or uninhabited island, is an island, islet or atoll that is not permanently populated by humans. Uninhabited islands are often depicted in films or stories about shipwrecked people, and are also used as stereot ...


References

Uninhabited islands of the Philippines Islands of Camiguin {{NMindanao-geo-stub