Verde Island

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DemographicsPopulation5,075 (as of 2020)Ethnic groupsTagalogsAdditional information Map

Verde Island is a volcanic island situated along the bodies of Verde Island Passage between the islands of Luzon and Mindoro, Philippines. It was in 1988 when a small village was connected to mains electricity through the effort of a European project using technologies such as solar panels for the island's self-sufficiency. Since then, it has been declared by the Philippine Tourism Authority as one of the country's marine reserves.^[1]^[2]

Geography

Verde Island lies south of Brgy. Ilijan, Batangas City and is separated from Luzon by the North Pass. It takes 1 hour and 30 minutes by a boat or 25 minutes by a ferry boat from Batangas City Port to reach the island.^[3]

Famous destinations in the island include:

Mahabang Buhangin, a kilometer-long stretch of white sand beach.
Cueva Sitio, a cave that leads to the other side of the island.^[4]^[5]

Verde Island has been a destination for tourists and divers in Batangas City since 1999, after the Pastor clan opened an P80 Million resort at Brgy. San Antonio.^[6]

Footnotes

^ Local Government of Batangas City 1999, pp. 11
^ Local Government of Batangas City 1999, pp. 12
^ Local Government of Batangas City 1999, pp. 11
^ "Batangas City.Gov.Ph: Tourism, Natural Sites". Archived from the original on July 26, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
^ Local Government of Batangas City 1999, pp. 12
^ Local Government of Batangas City 1999, pp. 11

References

Local Government of Batangas City (July 23, 1999), Batangas City Profile, vol. 1, Batangas City, Philippines, pp. 11, 12{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)