Caballo Island (which means "Horse Island" in Spanish) is a bluff, rocky island located at the entrance to

Manila Bay Manila Bay ( fil, Look ng Maynila) is a natural harbor that serves the Port of Manila (on Luzon), in the Philippines. Strategically located around the Manila, capital city of the Philippines, Manila Bay facilitated commerce and trade between t ...

in the

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. It is about long with the highest elevation at 381 feet high. Caballo, along with the larger

Corregidor Corregidor ( tl, Pulo ng Corregidor, ) is an island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Philippines, and is considered part of the Province of Cavite. Due to this location, Corregidor has historically b ...

(2 km to the north), divides the entrance to the

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into two broad and deep channels, known as the North and South Channel.U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, "United States Coast Pilot Philippine Islands Part I", pp.71-72. Washington Government Printing Office, 1919. The whole island was formerly occupied by Fort Hughes, a U.S. defense fortification before

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. It was heavily bombed during the war.

Geological history

Caballo and Corregidor Islands are believed to be the rims of the

Corregidor Caldera Corregidor Caldera is an extinct volcanic caldera located at the entrance to Manila Bay in the Philippines. The caldera is composed of the islands of Corregidor and Caballo in the province of Cavite, In November 2014, Filipino peacekeepers from

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who were quarantined on the island for 21 days due to concerns about

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were cleared to return to the mainland. At that time

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was having an outbreak of the disease.

Current tenants

The island is currently occupied by the

Philippine Navy The Philippine Navy (PN) ( tgl, Hukbong Dagat ng Pilipinas, , Sea Army of the Philippines) ( es, Armada de Filipinas, , Ejército del Mar de las Filipinas) is the naval warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It has an ...

and is off limits to civilians. Remains of the old fortifications, batteries and structures are left rusting in the open after it was abandoned after World War II.Feredo, Tony.
Visit to a Nearby Island
. Corregidor.org. Retrieved on 2010-09-20. Corregidor landsat2000

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Caballo Island
from Pacific Wrecks. Islands of Manila Bay Cavite City United States military in the Philippines Islands of Cavite

Geological history

Current tenants

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