Batorampon Point is the westernmost point of the island of

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() in the

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and has been named so since the mid-19th century. The rocky

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, located within the limits of the

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of Zamboanga, was previously known as Batalampon Point, becoming Batorampon Point in the 1940s.U.S. Army Map Service, Corps of Engineer
"Kabasalan - Zamboanga City Map"
University of Texas in Austin Library. Retrieved on 2011-10-01. The point is located just north of Labuan, about from downtown Zamboanga City. Batorampon Point is also the alleged name
Zamboanga.com. of the highest elevation in

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located in . The peak was not named in the 1940s topography map of the region by the

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's topographic engineering agency, the

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. When it was named Batorampon Point is not known.

References

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