Mangarin Bay is a bay of the
South China Sea
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, on the west coast of
Mindoro island
Mindoro is the seventh largest and eighth-most populous List of islands of the Philippines, island in the Philippines. With a total land area of 10,571 km2 ( 4,082 sq.mi ), it has a population of 1,408,454, as of the 2020 census. It is lo ...
, in
Occidental Mindoro Province of the
Philippines
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.
The bay is
shoal
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, and sheltered from the wind by Mangarin Point to the east and by
Ilin Island.
[
Magarin Point terminates in a long sandy pit off which the depth is 4 to 5 fathoms.][ Farther in the water shoals rapidly.
The settlement of Mangarin is only accessible by light boat.][ The surroundings are marshy, and few supplies are available.][
]
References
Bays of the Philippines
Mindoro
Landforms of Occidental Mindoro
Bodies of water of the South China Sea
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