Busuanga Island
Busuanga Island is the largest island in the
Calamian Group in the province of
Palawan in the Philippines. Busuanga Island is, in fact, the second largest island in the province after Palawan island itself. The island is located halfway between the islands of Mindoro and Palawan with the
South China Sea located to the west and the
Sulu Sea to the southeast. South of the island are the two other major islands of the Calamian Group:
Culion Island and
Coron Island.
The western third of the island is under the municipality of
Busuanga and the eastern two-thirds belong to the municipality of
Coron.
Busuanga Island is mainly known as a
diving location due to the eleven
World War II Japanese wrecks that were sunk in Coron Bay, a natural anchorage near the town center of Coron, on
September 24,
1944.