Region CALABARZON Population uninhabited | Adjacent bodies of water South China Sea | |
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La Monja Island (also Lamonja Island or Monja Island; Spanish for "the nun") is a small, uninhabited island near the entrance to Manila Bay in the Philippines. It is located several kilometers southeast of Mariveles, Bataan, and 6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi) west from Corregidor lighthouse. It has remained untouched compared to other nearby islands, which have been used as military installations over the past four centuries.
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Map of Monja Island, Cavite City, Philippines
History
On 18 May 2012, a pilot and co-pilot were killed when an Aermacchi SF.260 plane belonging to the Philippine Air Force crashed close to the island.
References
La Monja Island Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA