Verde Island

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]

See also

• Verde Island Passage
• Batangas Bay

Footnotes

1. Local Government of Batangas City 1999, pp. 11
2. Local Government of Batangas City 1999, pp. 12
3. Local Government of Batangas City 1999, pp. 11
4. "Batangas City.Gov.Ph: Tourism, Natural Sites". Archived from the original on July 26, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
5. Local Government of Batangas City 1999, pp. 12
6. 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)

External links

• Media related to Verde Island at Wikimedia Commons
• Geographic data related to Verde Island at OpenStreetMap
• Official Website of the Local Government of Batangas City