Malavatuan or Malabatuan is a small island in the Philippines and part of the Lubang group of islands. It is around northeast of Ambil Island and is administered under the

barangay The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial po ...

of Ambil, in the municipality of

Looc, Occidental Mindoro Looc, officially the Municipality of Looc (), is a municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 7,802 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province. G ...

. In 1919 it was denoted as being covered in brushwood (branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs).

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