Honda Bay (

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

: ''Bahía Honda'', "deep bay") is a bay on the eastern shore of the island of

Palawan Palawan (, ), officially the Province of Palawan (; ), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of . The capital and largest c ...

near

Puerto Princesa City Puerto Princesa (, American Spanish: , European Spanish: ), officially the City of Puerto Princesa ( Cuyonon: ''Siyudad i'ang Puerto Princesa''; ), is a highly urbanized city in the Mimaropa region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 cen ...

in the southwestern Philippines. Numerous small islands are scattered in the bay, including Arrecife Island which is home to an upscale resort. The bay is used for both

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and

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fisheries and recreation. Boats can be rented for the day and used for travel to nearby islands, many less than 45 minutes from the shore by boat. Honda Bay is ideal for

snorkeling Snorkeling (American and British English spelling differences#Doubled in British English, British and Commonwealth English spelling: snorkelling) is the practice of human swimming, swimming face down on or through a body of water while breathing ...

Starfish Starfish or sea stars are Star polygon, star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class (biology), class Asteroidea (). Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to brittle star, ophiuroids, which are correctly referred to ...

are commonly found near islands such as Starfish Island. Puerto Princesa is the nearest port city, and is accessible by plane. From 1953 to 1976 the nearby Palawan Quicksilver Mine used

mine tailings In mining, tailings or tails are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction (gangue) of an ore. Tailings are different from overburden, which is the waste rock or other material th ...

from their ore extraction processes to produce a

jetty A jetty is a man-made structure that protrudes from land out into water. A jetty may serve as a breakwater (structure), breakwater, as a walkway, or both; or, in pairs, as a means of constricting a channel. The term derives from the French la ...

at Honda Bay. The village of Sitio Honda Bay was erected on these mine tailings. Environmental studies indicate that some residents of the village and elsewhere near the mine have toxic levels of mercury in their blood.

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* * Bays of the Philippines Landforms of Palawan Tourist attractions in Puerto Princesa {{Mimaropa-geo-stub