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La Monja Island

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Location
  
Manila Bay

Region
  
CALABARZON

Population
  
uninhabited

Adjacent body of water
  
South China Sea

Adjacent bodies of water
  
South China Sea

City
  
Cavite City

Province
  
Cavite

La Monja Island

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.

Contents

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