Caballo Island (which means "Horse Island" in Spanish) is a bluff, rocky island located at the entrance to

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in the

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. It is about long with the highest elevation at 381 feet high. Caballo, along with the larger

Corregidor Corregidor (, , ) is an island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Philippines, and is considered part of Cavite City and thus the province of Cavite. It is located west of Manila, the nation's capi ...

(2 km to the north), divides the entrance to the bay into two broad and deep channels, known as the North and South Channel.U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, "United States Coast Pilot Philippine Islands Part I", pp.71-72. Washington Government Printing Office, 1919. The whole island was formerly occupied by Fort Hughes, a U.S. defense fortification before

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. It was heavily bombed during the war.

Geological history

Caballo and Corregidor Islands are believed to be the rims of the Corregidor Caldera. The gap between the two islands is only about 1/4 mile with a depth of and is never used for large vessel navigation. In November 2014, Filipino peacekeepers from

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who were quarantined on the island for 21 days due to concerns about

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were cleared to return to the mainland. At that time

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was having an outbreak of the disease.

Current tenants

The island — as of 2010 — was occupied by the

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and is off limits to civilians. Remains of the old fortifications, batteries and structures have been abandoned and left rusting in the open after World War II.Feredo, Tony.
Visit to a Nearby Island
. Corregidor.org. Retrieved on 2010-09-20. Corregidor landsat2000

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Caballo Island
from Pacific Wrecks. Islands of Manila Bay Cavite City United States military in the Philippines Islands of Cavite

Geological history

Current tenants

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