"One Hundred Islands" ( Eng. Hundred Islands National Park , ilok. Nailian a Parke ti Ginasut nga Is-isla , pang. Kapulo-puloan ) - a national park in the province of Pangasinan ( Ilocos region, Philippines ) in the water area of Lingayen Bay .
| One Hundred Islands | |
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| English Hundred islands national park | |
 View of several of the "hundred islands" | |
| IUCN Category - V (Protected Landscape / Water Area) | |
| basic information | |
| Square | 18.44 km² |
| Established | 1940 year |
| Management organization | Philippines Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Region | Ilocos |
| Provinces | Pangasinan |
| Nearest town | |
hundredislands.ph | |
Content
Description
The national park covers an area of 18.44 km² and consists of 124 islands (of which one is completely hidden under water during high tides). The nearest city is [1] , the managing organization is the Philippines Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources . For visiting, tourists are equipped with only four of the 124 islands: the Governor, Quezon, Marcos and Detsky [2] .
The islands are estimated at two million years old, all of them are ancient coral reefs that came to the surface in connection with a decrease in the level of the World Ocean.
Among the notable inhabitants of the Hundred Islands, the following species can be noted: cynomolgus monkey , musang , dugong , Malaysian dolphin , monitor lizards , green tortoise , olive turtle , yellow-lipped flat-tailed , netted python .
History
The national park was founded on January 18, 1940 [3] , and then its area was determined at 16.76 km². Later it was slightly expanded to the current 18.44 km².
Park map
entrance to the park
Quezon Island
See also
- Thousand Islands - different meanings
- Ten Thousand Islands - US National Park
- List of islands of the Philippines
- List of Philippines National Parks
Notes
- ↑ Melo Villarreal. Travel Guide: Hundred Islands National Park in Alaminos Pangasinan (out) at outoftownblog.com , March 24, 2010
- ↑ Hundred Islands Travel Guide on thepinaysolobackpacker.com , January 19, 2016
- ↑ Executive Order No. 436 (English) on lawphil.net , June 21, 2005
Links
- The official website of the park (English) (inaccessible link) . Archived December 17, 2012.
- One Hundred Islands at tourism-philippines.com
- One Hundred Islands on wikitravel.org