The Quiniluban Group is a group of islands in

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situated between the islands of Palawan and

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in the

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. The group is the northernmost in the

Cuyo Archipelago The Cuyo Archipelago or Cuyo Islands, is a group of about 45 islands lying to the northeast of the Philippine island of Palawan.''Traveler's Companion Philippines 1998'' p.214 Kirsten Ellis, Globe Pequot Press Globe Pequot, 1998 It lies south of ...

, consisting of several islands and rocks. The easternmost of which is a circular group of islands surrounded by reef about in diameter. The largest of the circular group is Quiniluban Island. The island group also includes the upscale resort island of Pamican located about southwest of the circular group, and Manamoc Island located further southwest of Pamilacan. These mostly hilly islands are of

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formation, have no permanent streams, and very little wood, but are covered with tall grass. Most of the inhabitants live along the coast, and there is some cultivation on the larger islands.U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1921)
"United States Coast Pilot: Philippine islands: Part 2"
pp. 33-34. Government Printing Office, Washington. The island group is under the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Agutaya,

, with its town center located southeast of the Quiniluban Island Group on Agutaya Island, depending on the location.

Islands

*Quiniluban Island, the largest of the island group, is located northeast of the group, and has a maximum elevation of . From northerly directions, it appears as a sharp cone. From easterly directions it appears as a ridge with a dome-shaped elevation in the center. It has the reddish-brown color of

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regions and makes a prominent landmark. Most of the inhabitants of the island live on its western and southern coast. *Alcisiras Island, also known as Algeciras Island, is a small inhabited island with high elevation, lying southwest of Quiniluban. *Calumpin Island, is one of the three small islands located between Quiniluban and Alcisiras Islands. *Yanuta Island, also known as Nianuta Island, is a small inhabited island between Quiniluban and Alcisiras Islands. *Arorunga, also known as Ararungua Island, is a small inhabited island located between Alcisiras and Quiniluban. *Mandit Island, is a small inhabited island with an elevation of , lying . Two small rocky island *Cambug Rock lie on the northwestern part of the reef. *Maligun Island, also known as Maliguin Island, is an inhabited island of about in elevation. It is the northernmost inhabited island of the group and of the

and located northeastward of Alcisiras and north of Quiniluban. Two smaller uninhabited rocky islets as located north and northeast of Maligun Island. *Silad Island is a small

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-shaped island with an elevation of about and located about west of Maligun Island and north of Alcisiras. Most of its inhabitants live in the tail-like southern section of the island. * Namaroc Island, also known as Namarac Island, is small inhabited island located west of the southern tip of Silad Island or north northwest of Alcisiras Island. *Tinitiuan Island, Quiniluban Island Group map

*Tatay Island is a small inhabited island, southwest of Tinutuan Island. *Henalubatan Rock is a small uninhabited rocky islet eastward of the easternmost tip of Quiniluban Island."Henalubatan Rock, Agutaya, Mimaropa, Philippines"
Google Maps. Retrieved on 2014-10-04. *Halog Islands are two small isles located southeast of Quiniluban Island.Measured using Google Earth. The channel separating these islands from Quiniluban is free from navigation dangers, though there are several banks in it with depths from .''Eastern Archipelago pilot: Comprising the Philippine Islands (with the exception of the western coasts of Luzon and Palawan), Sulu Sea, Sulu Archipelago, and the north-east coast of Borneo, vol 1'' Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept p.65 *

Pamalican Island Pamalican Island, also spelled as Pamalikan, is a small and sandy island of the Cuyo Islands in the Sulu Sea, between Palawan and Panay, in the north part of the Palawan Province of the Philippines. The island is set in the middle of a coral ...

, 7 miles southwestward of Quiniluban Island, is low, covered with a scrub growth. The higher of its two hills is (83 ft old) feet high. The island is surrounded by a coral reef which extends about 1 mile off the northeast side. * Manamoc Island lies about 3 miles southwest of Pamalican. It is -old high, roughly circular in form, about 1 ¾ miles in diameter, and surrounded by a wide coral reef partly bare at low water. A break in the reef permits the shallow draft native boats to enter the lagoon in the southwestern part of the island. This lagoon has about 3 feet of water at low tide.

Islands

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