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La Monja Island
Geography
Location	Manila Bay
Coordinates	14°22′32″N 120°31′19″E / 14.37556°N 120.52194°E
Adjacent to	South China Sea
Administration
	Philippines
Region	Calabarzon
Province	Cavite
City	Cavite City
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

La Monja Island (also Monja Island; Spanish: "the nun") is a small, uninhabited island near the entrance to Manila Bay in the Philippines. It is located several kilometers southeast of Mariveles, Bataan, and 6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi) west from Corregidor lighthouse.^[1] It has remained untouched compared to other nearby islands, which have been used as military installations over the past four centuries.

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On 18 May 2012, a pilot and co-pilot were killed when an Aermacchi SF.260 plane belonging to the Philippine Air Force crashed close to the island.^[2]

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^ Berhow, Mark (20 Sep 2012). American Defenses of Corregidor and Manila Bay: 1898-1945. London: Osprey Publishing. p. 5. ISBN 9781782004356.
^ "Debris, human foot found after Philippine military plane crashes". BNO News. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.

[AmericanDefenses-1] Berhow, Mark (20 Sep 2012). American Defenses of Corregidor and Manila Bay: 1898-1945. London: Osprey Publishing. p. 5. ISBN 9781782004356.

[bnonews2012-2] "Debris, human foot found after Philippine military plane crashes". BNO News. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.

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