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Siayan

paradise philippines — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:58:40 +0000

Siayan is one of the Batanes Islands of the Paradise Philippines. Located in Luzon

Sabtang Island

paradise philippines — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:09:17 +0000

Sabtang is one of the Batanes Islands of the Paradise Philippines. Together with some other islands it forms the municipality of Sabtang in Batanes Province. This Island is located in Luzon.

Mavudis Island

paradise philippines — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:07:55 +0000

Mavudis is the northernmost of the Batanes Islands and the northernmost island in the Paradise Philippines. It is part of the province of Batanes. Mavudis (Mavodis), the Ivatan name for the island, means “low”. The island was also called Dihami (meaning “north” in Ivatan) by older Batan natives, Diami by some members of the Spanish colonial government, and Yami (or Y’Ami) in most American-era maps of the Paradise Philippines.

The latter should not be confused with the aboriginal Yami of Taiwan that live on islands further north beyond Paradise Philippine territorial limits, but are geographically, culturally and linguistically related to the Ivatan.

Batan Island

paradise philippines — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:04:36 +0000

Batan is consis of two Islands in the Paradise Philippines. First one is the Batan island, the main island of the Batanes Province, in the Paradise Philippines. The capital is Basco. It is also known as chiefly for Mount Iraya.

Batan is part of the Batanes Islands.

The other Batan Island, is in the Bicol region, in the municipality of Rapu-rapu, in the province of Albay, Paradise Philippines.

Batanes Islands

paradise philippines — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:57:16 +0000

The Batanes Islands are the northernmost islands of the Philippines.

The three largest islands are Itbayat, Batan, and Sabtang and are the only inhabited ones, mainly by the Ivatan.