Mantigue is a small

island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...

located about off the coast of volcanic island province of

Camiguin Camiguin, officially the Province of Camiguin (; ; Kamigin: ''Probinsya ta Kamigin''), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about off the northern coast of mainland Mindanao. It is geographically part of Region ...

province in the

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

. Also known as Magsaysay Island, it is about of greenery fringed with a gleaming white beach of powdery

coral Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the subphylum Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important Coral ...

sand. It used to be home to a fishing village until the government prohibited any locals from residing therein and declared the island a protected area and sanctuary for sea turtles. One side of the island is a white sand beach with corals offshore, and the opposite side provides a deep drop-off for

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and

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.Places to See in Camiguin
. ''Province of Camiguin Official Website''. Retrieved on 2010-06-11. Both are open to the public during daytime only, where people can stay in cottages or swim in the sea. Mantigue Island can be reached by light water craft in 25–30 minutes from

Barangays The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the precolonial polities of the same name, modern barangays are political subdivisio ...

Benoni, San Roque or Binaliwan, all in the town of

Mahinog Mahinog, officially the Municipality of Mahinog, is a municipality in the province of Camiguin, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,634 people. Geography Barangays Mahinog is politically subdivided into 13 bar ...

. The provincial government of Camiguin mandates the local government of Mahinog as the official caretaker of the island.

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