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Chindonan Island
	Chindonan Island Location within the Philippines
Geography
Location	Coron Bay
Coordinates	11°55′27″N 120°3′5″E / 11.92417°N 120.05139°E
Archipelago	Calamian Group of Islands
Administration
	Philippines
Region	Mimaropa
Province	Palawan
Municipality	Culion

Chindonan Island is located in Coron Bay, in Culion, province of Palawan, Philippines,^[1] part of the Calamianes Group of Islands. The island has tropical forest with springs with drinkable freshwater, making it habitable. Surrounded by more than 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) of coral reefs and several World War II shipwrecks, it is attractive to scuba divers.^[2]

Fauna edit

The island has parrots, kingfishers, eagles and many other birds. Asian water monitors are found in the dense mangroves that surrounds parts of the island.

References edit

^ "Culion Island". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
^ "Diving". chindonan-diveresort.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

[brit-1] "Culion Island". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved April 7, 2011.

[2] "Diving". chindonan-diveresort.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2015.

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Geography
Chindonan Island Location within the Philippines
Location	Coron Bay
Coordinates	11°55′27″N 120°3′5″E / 11.92417°N 120.05139°E / 11.92417; 120.05139
Archipelago	Calamian Group of Islands
Administration
Philippines
Region	Mimaropa
Province	Palawan
Municipality	Culion

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